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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The tigers absolutely suck so far this season, and they take it out on Bosio ?Seems like more PC BS to me trying to dim their bad publicity and rotten performance.
I subscribed to a Facebook Group that celebrates the 1968 Tigers, it’s fun going every day to read up on what happened 50 years ago on this day with that team.
We need a definitive book of words we cannot use.
NOT fun watching today’s fumblepuds!
After watching the CWS, just be glad you’re not an Arkansas fan, that was painful.
That "staffer" kid obviously never heard of Number "42", one of the greatest ball players of all times, and what he endured..........
For Coach Bosio to be treated this way is absolutely disgusting!
I have always preferred Baboon.
As in “He called me a Baboon, he thinks I’m his wife.” —Rodney Dangerfield
yesterday a Veteran running for Congress in Pittsburgh, PA as a democrat......CALLED ME RACIST simply because I asked a Hispanic named person if they were in this country legally after insulting the POTUS...
HE HAD ME BANNED from the site, which is fine, no problem for me, I don't support any democrats....I then promptly had him blocked from my timeline..I don't want characters like that searching me out either...I support VETERANS except when they are brain fried...
I'm married 57 years to a U.S. ARMY VETERAN...I LIVED THE ARMY LIFE AS A NEW BRIDE OF 18, years old...I’ll make sure that dude is heard about in Pennsylvania, veteran or not...
So monkey is racist and Tiger isn’t.
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