White Sox Include Wrong Puerto Rico Flag In Disaster-Support Tweet
The Chicago White Sox initially swung and missed with their public support of Puerto Rico.
The Major League Baseball team shared a photo Wednesday night on Twitter which incorrectly displayed Cuba’s flag instead of Puerto Rico’s. Chicago sent the tweets in the aftermath of the latest Mexico earthquake and Hurricane Maria, which wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico.
Before tonight's game, the #WhiteSox wish to send our best wishes and thoughts to Mexico and Puerto Rico and their people. pic.twitter.com/3tBrxNiyNw
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 20, 2017
The flags of Cuba and Puerto Rico have similar designs, but the former features a red pennant and blue stripes, while the latter has a blue pennant and red stripes. Both contain a white star in the middle of the pennant.
The White Sox soon acknowledged their error and took steps to correct it. Many users appreciated the team’s forthrightness.
We apologize for the mistake in our graphic – here is the actual P.R. flag. (Thanks for the assist, Geo). pic.twitter.com/hdfD5I3GH9
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 21, 2017
Just posted the correct graphic. We apologize again.
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 21, 2017
Thumbnail photo via Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports Images
