Curt Schilling doesn’t have any patience for Internet trolls, and the New York Yankees don’t either.
The Yankees have fired a part-time ticket seller for sending inappropriate and vile tweets about Schilling’s daughter, Jason Zillo, the team’s director of communications, confirmed to NJ.com.
“We have zero tolerance for anything like this,” Zillo said of the seller, who was hired in January. “We’ve terminated him.”
The former Boston Red Sox pitcher received a number of inappropriate messages after he sent out a tweet Feb. 25 congratulating his daughter, Gabby, on committing to the Salve Regina softball team. Schilling addressed the vulgar tweets in a blog post he published, focusing on two individuals in particular, one of them being the recently-axed Yanks employee.
Schilling wanted to hold these individuals accountable for what they said, and he’s getting his wish. The other man the former hurler called out, Adam Nagel — a student at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, N.J. — has been suspended by the school pending an official conduct review, NJ.com reports.
“The student has been summarily suspended and will be scheduled for a conduct hearing where further disciplinary action will be taken,” Brookdale said in a statement issued Tuesday. “The Brookdale Police are actively investigating this matter. Brookdale takes this behavior very seriously and does not tolerate any form of harassment.
“Our sincerest apologies to Gabby Schilling. Her achievement should be celebrated and not clouded by offensive comments.”
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