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Fired Tigers pitching coach Bosio says he used word 'monkey' in conversation that led to ousting
Fox News ^ | 06/29/2018 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 06/29/2018 9:04:08 AM PDT by DFG

Fired Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Bosio said Thursday he was given the boot for using the word “monkey” in a conversation overheard by an African-American staffer.

Bosio, 54, was cut loose earlier this week for what the Tigers called “insensitive comments.” According to WXYZ-TV, Bosio directed “racially charged language” at a team employee.

But Bosio told USA Today he wasn't talking about the employee or using the word in a racial or disparaging manner. He said he was using it to describe pitcher Daniel Stumpf, a white player who's pitched for the Tigers since 2017.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bosio; detroit; monkey; tigers
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To: DFG

“Look at that little monkey run!” ~ Howard Cosell


21 posted on 06/29/2018 9:21:15 AM PDT by null and void (Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
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To: Socon-Econ

That would be good.


22 posted on 06/29/2018 9:22:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: dfwgator
Howard Cosell would have never made it today.

He didn't then!

23 posted on 06/29/2018 9:23:26 AM PDT by null and void (Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
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To: C210N

Red Dwarf will be purged or sanitized since the cat called Rimmer and Lister monkey a lot.


24 posted on 06/29/2018 9:24:06 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just who are you? The Archduke of Guacamole?)
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To: DFG

How Soviet of them! I call my grandson a little monkey all the time! And he is. Keeping up with him is taxing my strength.

I can’t wait to tell someone to mind their own business when they notice his brown skin.


25 posted on 06/29/2018 9:26:29 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: DFG

In my working days, I was often behind the eight ball due to my smart a$$ed mouth. I am so thankful I am retired in this age of political correctness. Using old school slang, sarcasm, and condescension now leads to unemployment. Those of us who are of a certain age were warped by watching too much Carson, Python, and TW3.


26 posted on 06/29/2018 9:26:42 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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To: DFG

this is reason NUMBER ONE that we need to clear the courts of this insanity...


27 posted on 06/29/2018 9:31:45 AM PDT by cherry
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To: DFG

At least he didn’t say “macaca”.


28 posted on 06/29/2018 9:32:12 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: DFG

SUE the league for false termination


29 posted on 06/29/2018 9:35:18 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ClearCase_guy

That’s EXACTLY right!


30 posted on 06/29/2018 9:36:26 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: DFG

He should have used cracka instead. Cracka is acceptable to describe a white man. White boy is also acceptable.


31 posted on 06/29/2018 9:36:54 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: lee martell

Hey wait a minute, did I hear you say chimp on your shoulder?


32 posted on 06/29/2018 9:38:09 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: DFG

Bosio may sue.


33 posted on 06/29/2018 9:39:24 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Old Yeller

They used to call us ‘peckawood’ back in the day.


34 posted on 06/29/2018 9:40:43 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: Old Yeller

Lol! Ooga-Ooga....Oh no. I meant ; Womp Womp!


35 posted on 06/29/2018 9:50:03 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: DFG

Just like they dropped Peter Fonda like a hot potato after what he said. No, wait...


36 posted on 06/29/2018 10:08:40 AM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
When I say “monkey”, I mean “monkey”.

When Democrats hear “monkey”, they think “African American”.

Who is the racist?"

Exactly.

37 posted on 06/29/2018 10:10:17 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Pirate Ragnar
🙊🙈🙉👹
38 posted on 06/29/2018 10:25:48 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: DFG

A few years ago, I had a large tree in my yard cut down, and the tree-topper was an Asian guy (Thai, I think), who impressed me with his ability to quickly climb despite the fact that he was toting a chainsaw. Describing him to friends, I said he “climbed that tree like a monkey.” I would have said the same thing if he was white, and it’s spooky to think that an innocent comment like that can get you fired.


39 posted on 06/29/2018 10:36:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: DFG

If you were to put a number of photos of people of different races in front of a 3 year old, (ANY 3 year old), and asked them if any of the pictures looks like a monkey, would you call that kid a racist if they pointed to a photo of an AA?

Just curious.


40 posted on 06/29/2018 11:09:55 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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