Report: Tigers pitching coach fired for directing racial slur at clubhouse attendant

[oberliner]

More information has come out about the firing of former Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Bosio. According to a report from Ken Rosenthal and Katie Strang at The Athletic, Bosio was fired for directing a racial slur at an African-American clubhouse attendant. The firing came after an internal investigation, and after Bosio declined to apologize for his language.

The incident reportedly involved a racial slur

Bosio, who had been the Tigers pitching coach for just the 2018 season, was fired on Wednesday for what general manager Al Avila described as using “racially insensitive language.” Four team sources spoke with Rosenthal and Strang on the condition of anonymity, and all four delivered the same version of the story: Bosio called an African-American clubhouse attendant a “monkey” during a postgame complaint session about a pitcher.

During this exchange, Bosio made a derogatory comment about one of the Tigers pitchers and then gestured toward the attendant before adding, “like this monkey here,” the sources said. The attendant pushed back at Bosio for the comment, and an additional team employee witnessed the exchange. Bosio was provided an opportunity to apologize to the attendant after his outburst but declined to do so, according to multiple sources.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-tigers-pitching-coach-fired-directing-racial-slur-clubhouse-attendant-182401615.html

[hibbing]

1. Another fine Trump supporter I'm sure n/t

[oasis]

2. Trumpism has "infested" America. nt

[gratuitous]

3. Good on the Tigers

They took swift and correct action.

[RockRaven]

4. "Bosio was provided an opportunity to apologize to the attendant after his outburst but declined to"

Welp. You face firing but can't even muster up an "I'm sorry, I was wrong to do that" to try and keep your job. On top of the racism that's some serious privilege right there.

[MineralMan]

5. Dumbass. His bigotry has cost him his job.

[oberliner]

8. He is claiming that he was referring to a white player as "Spider Monkey"

Which seems a tad dubious.

[spanone]

6. Good.

[Tipperary]

7. Ditto.