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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Typo in Instagram Promotion Offers Fans ‘Sexual Donut’

The Pittsburgh Pirates got a little friendly with their Instagram followers on Friday, promoting a fan giveaway of free tickets and, err, sexual donuts.

Yep, sexual donuts.

Now, we’ll give the Pirates the benefit of the doubt—it had to have been an unfortunate autocorrect or a misunderstanding with Siri, right?

Hopefully.

The post has since been taken down, but not before screenshots were snapped.

This is a good lesson in what you put on the Internet, kids. It lives forever. Even if you delete it.

(h/t Sporting News)

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Angel Pagan and Derek Norris Exchange Gum and Words

The San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres were in the ninth inning of what would end up being a 12-inning game Thursday when Angel Pagan and Derek Norris got into a tiff over some tossed gum.

Yes, gum.

Pagan appears to have flicked the chewed gum from inside the batter’s box back toward Norris, sparking a brief altercation:

While it’s unclear what words were exchanged, there was plenty said later on.

According to U-T San Diego beat writer Dennis Lin, Norris was not the slightest bit amused by the incident (NSFW language):

Pagan, on the other hand, didn’t think the tossed gum was worth hurt feelings, per San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Henry Schulman:

This was just the first of 19 games the teams will play this year, and it’s safe to say the season series is off to a sticky start.

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