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Tigers fire pitching coach Chris Bosio

The Cubs let pitching coach Chris Bosio (as well as several other coaches) go after the 2017 season.

He was hired in late October by the Detroit Tigers in the same capacity.

Wednesday, less than halfway through the 2018 season, the Tigers fired Bosio:

That’s kind of an out of the blue statement. Here’s a bit more, from the Tigers MLB.com beat writer:

Tigers have fired pitching coach Chris Bosio for insensitive comments made toward a team employee, GM Al Avila announced.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) June 27, 2018

Bosio used racially charged language towards a team employee, WXYZ has learned.