Should We Be Upset About Hernandez’s “Dead Soldier” Comment? Twitter Responds

Mets commentator and former Major League Baseball player Keith Hernandez drew a lot of criticism when he used the term "dead soldier" to refer to a broken bat during the Mets-Yankees Memorial Day game, CBS Sports reports.

After the barrel of Mets' Daniel Murphy's bat went flying, Hernandez said "Well, that is a dead soldier right there, folks."

A SNY spokesperson told the NY Daily News, "We'll address the matter with Keith."

Hernandez has not publicly commented on his remarks.

Twitter responses have generally been mixed. Some believe that it was just a slip of the tongue, and Hernandez did not mean to be insensitive to use the term "dead soldier" on Memorial Day, a holiday in the United States dedicated to remembering those that have died while serving in the Armed Forces.

@SportsGrid questions: "Keith Hernandez "dead soldier" broken bat remark ruffles feathers, causes stress lines. Are we too sensitive?"

"@CBSNewYork Oh leave it alone. It was nothing," Twitter user @lanto_back2_TW said.

"@NESN wow ....some people are waaayyy too sensitive. It's probably not the best timing to say that, but let's get real....its a euphemism...," tweeted @dool50.

@rdb313 tweeted, "@NESN just a bad choice of words. Time to move on"

Others thought Hernandez's comment was just plain rude.

"Not appropriate ever," @Coconutmeg said.

Others sarcastically tweeted "Stay classy, Keith" and "Genius wordplay," from @NorthParkLeague and @SteveK781 respectively.