Although it was met with mostly positive comments, the Miami Marlins had to apologize for a very insensitive tweet about Steve Irwin who passed away in 2006. In a twitter exchange the Marlins were having with the Tampa Bay Rays after their game, the Rays mentioned sweeping the Marlins and the Marlins then said
“yOU’RE LITERALLY THE ANIMAL THAT KILLED STEVE IRWIN LOG OFF”
Monday a spokesman for the Marlins issued an apology and saying the matter was handled internally.
“This was a regrettable exchange by our otherwise creative social media team. Unfortunately, in this medium, sometimes we swing and miss, and this was definitely a miss”
Former Marlins PresidentDavid Samson, who was fired, wants CEO Derek Jeter to take action and fire the person responsible for the tweet.
Flip the page to see the Twitter exchange and apology.