A’s disavow Jose Canseco’s sexual harassment tweets; Canseco responds

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The A’s quickly distanced themselves from former Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco after a series of bizarre tweets about sexual harassment by the NBCSCA analyst.

On Tuesday afternoon, Canseco tweeted, “These women complaining against sexual misconduct are just racist against ugly men.” He followed up with six related tweets that mentioned being beaten and molested by women as “kind of a turn on,” and ended with “What do you call a pretty woman with an inbred looking politician .... PAID.”

The tweets drew the ire of many Twitter followers. An hour later, the A’s put out a statement on Twitter: “We were disappointed to learn of Mr. Canseco’s statements. Mr.