Following up from yesterday.
http://www.680news.com/2017/05/18/pillar-suspended-2-games-yelling-homophobic-slur/
In a nutshell, he's been suspended for two games and appears embarrassed and sorry for using a homophobic slur. I understand that he felt it was "in the heat of the moment", but that's a word you should never reach for unless you're compiling a bundle of sticks!
I'm not ready to burn my Kevin Pillar bobble head in effigy, but rather watch, and see what becomes of this. He apologized to the pitcher, he apologized to the other team, but most importantly he's apologized to the LGBTQ community who are most affected by this. People screw up, and hopefully, he's learned that words do matter and he should take such horrific words out of his vocabulary.
He can learn and grow from this, a LOT of people (based on the reaction online) can learn and grow from this.
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