Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out three batters in the first inning of the Mets’ exhibition against the Cardinals on Monday. Matsuzaka goes by the nickname Dice-K. And K is the symbol for strikeout, so…

Um, no. Please, no.

Someone quickly realized the blatant insensitivity of that little play on letters, and the Mets deleted the tweet from their official account, following up with an apology.

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/448149125142695936