We live in weird times.
This . . .Sky News can show the first known photo of Mohammed Emwazi (known as Jihadi John) as an adult http://t.co/z9uwfpXO5X pic.twitter.com/tJVS2dOCAA
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 27, 2015
Leads to this official statement from the Pittsburgh Pirates:
“The classic gold P stands for Pittsburgh and is worn by our players, coaches and fans with a great sense of pride,” the statement read. “It is absolutely sickening to everyone within the Pirates organization, and to our great fans, to see this murderer wearing a Pirates cap in this old photo.”
I’m not going to go back and check, but I am fairly confident this is the first time since the advent of baseball that a club has felt the need to distance itself from an actual terrorist like this.
