Pitcher Matt Dermody will start Thursday night for the Boston Red Sox, just under two years since he posted a tweet saying gay people are «going to hell.»
Dermody posted the tweet while playing in Japan in 2021.
«#PrideMonth. Homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. They will go to hell. That is not my opinion, but the #Truth. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9. May we all search our hearts, ask Jesus to forgive us, and repent of our sins. I love you all in Christ Jesus!” the tweet is read.
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Dermody throws a pitch during the first inning of a spring training game against the Atlanta Braves at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida on February 25, 2023. (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
Dermody met with Red Sox bosses in spring training and discussed the tweet.
Now, with Dermody making his first major league start, Sox director of baseball Chaim Bloom has spoken out about Dermody’s tweet.
«It’s important to us that he took down the tweet and why he did it. I spoke to him personally about it and what he told me was that it really came down to two things. One, he didn’t realize that. His words would be hurtful, and he didn’t want to hurt anyone and when he realized they were, he took it down,» Bloom said. live mass.
The Fenway Park mound displays the Red Sox logo as a Pride flag in honor of Pride night before a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox in Boston on June 7, 2018. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
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«He also understood that it’s not the proper use of his platform. He knows he made a mistake tweeting that. That’s why he removed it. Obviously, that doesn’t mean we endorse anything he said or believes. But the fact is that if we are committed to creating an (inclusive) environment, it is not right for us to control what people believe.
«We have to hope that everyone here is committed to creating an inclusive and safe environment and understanding why he removed the tweet and that his words were hurtful, and knowing that he doesn’t want to hurt anyone and that he believes in a safe environment, was important here.» .
Boston’s Fenway Park is seen before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. (Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports)
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Dermody has 27.1 MLB innings to his credit. He has allowed 17 earned runs (5.60 ERA).
Of his 30 major league games, 23 of them were with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017.