Joey casselberry tweet about mone davis
First baseman Joey Casselberry's tweet, now deleted, expressed disdain for Disney Channel's announcement last week of an original movie about.
"Mo'ne Davis has reached out to Bloomsburg University asking that Joey Casselberry's dismissal from the team be reconsidered," the university....
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Bloomsburg University baseball player has been dismissed from the team for an offensive Twitter post about Little League World Series star Mo'ne Davis.
The user account belonging to Joey Casselberry had been deactivated as of Saturday night, but screen captures of the tweet show that the player used an offensive word while criticizing news that a Disney Channel movie was being made about Davis.
Casselberry called Davis a "slut," and made reference to her loss to Nevada during the LLWS.
Bloomsburg announced the dismissal of the junior first baseman on Twitter.
The university in Pennsylvania said it was "deeply saddened" by the player's tweet.
But it appears that Davis has forgiven Casselberry for his tasteless comment. In a letter obtained by CBS2's Steve Overmyer, Davis requested that Casselberry be reinstated.
The letter reads:
To: Dr.
Soltz, President, Bloomsburg University
Dear Dr. Soltz,
I am writi