--- description: Davis was the first girl to throw a shutout in the Little League World Series. title: College Baseball Player Kicked Off Team for Foul Mo'ne Davis Tweet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce2841355b4f32ab/698784a8f887dcfe7ae8ab7f/moone-davis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Baseball](/tag/baseball/) ## Baseball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # College Baseball Player Kicked Off Team for Foul Mo'ne Davis Tweet  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2015 9:21 PM CUT  Taney Dragons Pitcher Mo'ne Davis tips her hat as she is introduced and recognized before the game between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 27, 2014 in Philadelphia Taney Dragons Pitcher Mo'ne Davis tips her hat as she is introduced and recognized before the game between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 27, 2014 in PhiladelphiaBrian Garfinkel—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2015 9:21 PM CUT A Bloomsburg University baseball player was [booted](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Bloomsburg-baseball-player-booted-for-offensive-Mone-Davis-tweet.html?c=r "undefined") from the team after calling Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis a “slut” on Twitter. First baseman Joey Casselberry’s tweet, now deleted, expressed disdain for Disney Channel’s [announcement](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/mone-davis-disney-channel-movie-little-league-pitcher-1201456093/ "undefined") last week of an original movie about the 13-year-old athlete, Philly.com reports. Davis rose to fame last summer as the first girl to throw a shutout in the Little League World Series, sparking a national conversation about [views towards young girls and women in sports.](http://time.com/3144240/mone-davis-girls-baseball/ "undefined") Bloomsburg’s baseball team first announced his dismissal on Twitter Saturday evening: > [](https://twitter.com/GoBUHuskies/status/579424305001455616) > [](https://twitter.com/GoBUHuskies/status/579424669624877056) While Casselbery’s Twitter account is now deactivated, Philly.com adds that the student had first apologized online. “An example that one stupid tweet can ruin someone’s life and I couldn’t be more sorry about my actions last night. I please ask you to … Forgive me and truly understand that I am in no way shape or form a sexist and I am a huge fan of Mo’ne. She was quite an inspiration.” [_Read more: Monica Lewinsky and Why the Word ‘Slut’ Is Still So Potent_](http://time.com/3752821/monica-lewinsky-ted2015-slut-play/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3753562/bloomsburg-university-mone-davis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3753562/bloomsburg-university-mone-davis/"},"headline":"College Baseball Player Kicked Off Team for Foul Mo'ne Davis Tweet","datePublished":"2015-03-22T21:21:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:20:42.165Z","description":"Davis was the first girl to throw a shutout in the Little League World Series","url":"https://time.com/3753562/bloomsburg-university-mone-davis/","keywords":["Baseball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce2841355b4f32ab/698784a8f887dcfe7ae8ab7f/moone-davis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce2841355b4f32ab/698784a8f887dcfe7ae8ab7f/moone-davis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mo'ne Davis","caption":"Mo'ne Davis","creditText":"Brian Garfinkel—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/baseball/","name":"Baseball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3753562/bloomsburg-university-mone-davis/","name":"College Baseball Player Kicked Off Team for Foul Mo'ne Davis Tweet"}}]}] ```