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"Milwaukee Brewers' Khris Davis got a death threat on Twitter more than a week ago, but the outfielder addressed it Tuesday.\u00A0The front office at Miller Park told WISN 12 News Major League Baseball is investigating, and fans said there's no place for that type of offensive language.As fans cheered on the Brew Crew Tuesday evening at Miller Park, the online controversy brewing over left-fielder Davis was starting to filter the stands.The tweet is attributed to the handle Xero Vanderbilt, who used a racial slur towards Davis and threatened to kill his family.\"It's ridiculous. There shouldn't be any of that going on in that day and age. First off, it's a game. (I) love it, but it's just a game People need to lighten up,\" said Tanya Zimmerman of West Allis.Apparently the tweet was sent to Davis after the team's road trip in Chicago two weekends ago.A few days later, Davis wrote this on his Twitter page: \"Thin lines between love and hate with some fans.\"Drew Olson with ESPN Radio told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino both the Brewers organization and Davis are dealing with this situation as best they can.\"I think Khris handled it the right way. I'm surprised he went public with it to be honest. He didn't have to mention it, but he did go public today. But it's something he's been dealing with, and it was a conscious decision, and now we're seeing the team react,\" Olson said.Olson said the team has been pushing its players to be more active on social media, which has its risks.\"The teams are encouraging the players to interact with fans and with that comes something negative like this. I think if you ask athletes, overwhelmingly the interactions are positive,\" Olson said.Other fans said this serves as another lesson in crossing the line on social media.\"The minute someone puts something like that out there, it's now out for the world to see,\" said Zach Hochevar of WauwatosaAs for Davis, it didn't seem like he was letting this distract from his game. He hit a home run in Tuesday night's game.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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