Almost no one outside of Seattle, Wash., likely had heard of Steve Clevenger until this week.

Then he decided to spew some racially insensitive-sounding messages on social media. He blasted the Black Lives Matter Movement, implying that President Obama is somehow linked to it, labeling a shooting victim as a “thug.” He said the protesters should be “locked up like animals.”

That, ladies and gents, is how you become a household name these days in America.

He wanted to make a statement about the Charlotte, N.C., protests.

It didn’t go well.

But here’s the best part. The Seattle Mariners’ part-time baseball player apologized to “those I offended” and then urged his critics to “not judge” him on his social media posts.

As someone who before this week had never before even knew this guy existed, how else am I supposed to “judge” an individual?

These ridiculous social media posts are all we have, young man!

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/09/22/steve-clevenger-mariners-racially-insensitive-twitter-posts

Now he’s known across the nation for something other than his athletic ability.