Detroit Tigers announced Wednesday, June 27, 2018 the team has fired pitching coach Chris Bosio for insensitive comments. Wochit
SEATTLE — More than a year later, the Detroit Tigers’ firing of former pitching coach Chris Bosio is back in the news cycle.
In a complaint filed against the Tigers and Bosio in Wayne County Third Circuit Court on Thursday, former clubhouse attendant Derrell Coleman II – who claims that he experienced discriminatory remarks and actions from Bosio, leading to his dismissal on June 29, 2018 – said that within the organization, “a culture of racism was tolerated by the upper echelons of management as African-American employees were treated differently than their similarly situated white counterparts.