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Ex-Mariners Employee Lorena Martin Alleges Front Office Calls Latinos Lazy, Dumb

Former Seattle Mariners employee Dr. Lorena Martin alleged general manager Jerry Dipoto, manager Scott Servais and director of player development Andy McKay called Latinos "lazy, dumb and stupid" in a post on Instagram on Monday.

Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reported the Mariners had terminated Martin's contract. She was hired last offseason as the team's high-performance director.

Divish also shared Martin's post which alleged poor leadership as the reason the Mariners have struggled on the field and said, "It's come to the point where I have to speak out because they are firing innocent trainers for trying to do the right thing and because of their color/race.