Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, an analyst for ESPN’s baseball broadcasts, will not be part of the network’s Sunday Night Baseball coverage this week after retweeting an offensive tweet Tuesday, according to multiple media reports.

ESPN announced Tuesday that Schilling had been pulled from his assignment covering the Little League World Series after he sent a tweet containing a meme comparing Muslims to Nazis.

Schilling retweeted an image of Adolf Hitler with supposed statistics comparing the number of Nazi sympathizers in Germany to the percentage of modern Muslim extremists and deleted it after a few minutes.

He had posted the same image on his Facebook page earlier in the day.

On Tuesday, ESPN removed Schilling from its coverage of the Little League World Series.

“Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective,” the network said in a statement. “We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration.”

Schilling also addressed the controversy to individuals on Twitter.

“I understand and accept my suspension,” he wrote to one user. “100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part.”

He wrote to another: “My apologies. That didn’t come across in any way as intended or interpreted.”

TWINS: Minnesota put right-hander J.R. Graham on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation one day after he earned his first win.

Minnesota also reinstated reliever Blaine Boyer from the 15-day DL. Boyer missed 15 games due to right elbow inflammation.

RAYS: Catcher Curt Casali was placed on the 15-day disabled list one day after straining his left hamstring running the bases following his own home run in an11-7 loss to Minnesota.

Casali’s leg started getting tight en route to first base following his 10th homer – ninth since the All-Star break – in the fifth inning. He slowly finished his trip around the bases with a slight limp before heading toward the clubhouse.

“It’s not a tear,” said Casali, who hopes to be back in mid-September. “I’ve got to take it day by day. I’m going to do my best to get back as soon as I can.”

Casali first experienced hamstring tightness last weekend and will be shut down from working out for four or five days.

The Rays filled Casali’s roster spot by purchasing the contract of catcher-first baseman J.P. Arencibia from Triple-A Durham.

RANGERS: Texas added left-hander Chris Rearick on a waivers from San Diego and assigned him to Triple-A Round Rock.

Texas sent catcher Carlos Corporan to Double-A Frisco for his second rehab assignment since spraining his left thumb in July.

YANKEES: The Yankees reshuffled their bullpen. Righty Nick Goody was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, lefty Chris Capuano was designated for assignment and righty Nick Rumbelow was optioned to Triple-A.

Capuano was designated for assignment by the Yankees last Saturday, became a free agent, re-signed with the team Monday and gave up six runs Tuesday night.

PHILLIES: Larry Bowa said he expects a letter from Joe Torre, Major League Baseball’s discipline czar, after the Phillies’ bench coach’s ejection from Tuesday’s loss to the Mets.

The action by home plate umpire Dan Bellino stemmed from Bowa and the Phillies taking issue with a quick pitch from Mets reliever Hansel Robles, who began to pitch while Darin Ruf’s head was down. Bowa said he was concerned for the safety of the batter.

“You can say old school, new school, whatever school you want, we’re talking about injuries in the game of baseball,” Bowa said. “And they’re doing a great job with (protecting) the catcher, short and second, trying to keep them in the game. A hitter can get killed on a 95 mph fastball when he looks up and the ball’s right there.”

The Phillies also thought Robles had done the same thing Monday night on a two-strike pitch to Cameron Rupp.

As for his perceived threat to Daniel Murphy before leaving the dugout, Bowa confirmed his anger toward Murphy stemmed from his bat flip in the sixth inning of Monday night’s rout. Bowa called Murphy’s action “weak.” That, he said, “had nothing to do with” his outrage over Robles’ quick pitch.

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