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Verlander's wife had 'preloaded' tweet ready
24 Sep
Summary
- Kate Upton planned another tweet after initial outburst.
- Justin Verlander discovered Upton's tweets mid-interview.
- Upton questioned voters who omitted Verlander from ballot.
A decade ago, Kate Upton's strong reaction to Justin Verlander's close loss in the 2016 American League Cy Young Award race made waves. Verlander recounted on a podcast that Upton was already actively tweeting when he learned of her actions during an MLB Network interview. She had fired off several messages and had an additional tweet ready to deploy, expressing her frustration.
Verlander intervened and advised Upton to stop tweeting, preventing the pre-loaded message from being sent. Upton's public disapproval stemmed from Verlander losing the award to Rick Porcello by a narrow margin. Her initial, now-infamous tweet questioned Major League Baseball and the voters who omitted Verlander from their ballots.
