Detroit — What began as season-ending suspensions for Tigers television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen has led to their ouster as Detroit baseball fixtures.
Two announcers who together worked nearly 2,000 games since coming to Detroit have been jettisoned, with Impemba’s representatives already informed of Fox Sports Detroit’s decision, and Allen’s side yet working on an exit agreement.
Neither the Tigers, nor Fox Sports Detroit, would comment.
Impemba’s contract, which ran through 2018 and is estimated to have paid him more than $500,000, will not be renewed. Allen likewise had a one-year deal, with a salary pegged at about $350,000, and had a network option for 2019 that attorneys are working to settle, according to sources familiar with each broadcaster who asked to remain nameless due to legal sensitivities.