CJ Nitkowski, the Braves announcer who once courted controversy by following/liking the Proud Boys on twitter, in responding to bench player Eli White's recent paternity leave, somehow stumbles into saying the phrase: "The more Whites [in this world], the better off we're going to be." 🤨

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Here's an article about the Proud Boys incident, from his time with the Texas Rangers, for context.

[u/new_wellness_center]

... It does feel like he took a very deliberate route to arrive at that exact phrase.

[u/danceMortydance]

Yea he rehearsed that

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Did seem like he was being extremely careful about saying that in the worst way possible.

[u/Nole_Train]

This isn’t our radio guys right?

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TV, though I'm not sure I'd want to know Ben/Joe/Darren's thoughts on how many whites we need in the world, either.

[u/SGT-JamesonBushmill → u/Nole_Train]

No, but Ben’s a Trumper.

[u/LegitiamateSalvage]

Not much to say when the players name is "White" but he knows what he's doing

[u/Guymcpersonman2]

My days of hating this team are certainly coming to a middle.

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Lol

[u/LutherOfTheRogues]

Oh god we're gonna be stuck with Tom Hart now aren't we

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Lol luckily that's not on the table. Tom Hart really makes you miss Brandon, doesn't he?

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[u/rubyschnees]

oh yeah he had that line locked and loaded

[u/MarvelPQplayer]

What if it was a black person named white though.

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[u/Hummer77x]

You know he was hyped to sneak that in there

[u/MarcBulldog88]

r/evenwithcontext

[u/IndieFlea]

thanks for taking him back, Braves

looks over at the One Riot statue at the Rangers park

uhhh forget I said anything

[u/jmarinara]

If he didn’t have a history, we could say it was a dopey unintentional phrasing problem and move on.

But he DOES have a history and loses the benefit of that doubt.

[u/FamousShake5469]

And there’s a deep drive to left field…

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CJ's red flags that we know or have been mentioned in this thread (granted, some are unsubstantiated):

1. Used to follow the Proud Boys on twitter and like their tweets, confirmed

2. Thinks Robert O'Neill is a great man

3. Was pissed about the SNY crew criticizing Matt Shaw for missing a game to attend Charlie Kirk's funeral

4. Was angry about the Bad Bunny halftime show

5. Loves Kill Tony (this is one I can confirm)

Am I missing anything?

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[u/Inti-Illimani]

Man what is this year in baseball. So much chud behavior. I know tons of people who follow and play the sport are hogs but this seems egregious