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Jack Morris, the team announcer for the Detroit Tigers, has been suspended and put on leave after using a racist mock Asian accent during a Tigers at Los Angeles Angels game.
Morris's mock accent was directed specifically at Shohei Ohtani, a Japanese player and the pitcher for the Angels.
The moment, called "deeply disappointing" by the Tigers' team management, will force Morris to undergo bias training before he returns to his position.
Detroit #Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris indefinitely suspended https://t.co/UTOYoOLcos— Bob Nightengale (@Bob Nightengale) 1629312861.0
@BNightengale https://t.co/jCW7lmP5TB— Miguel Cabrera’s Bat (@Miguel Cabrera’s Bat) 1629313083.0
@BNightengale Good. Never let him back in the booth— RIP Lamonte Wade Jr.s Mustache (@RIP Lamonte Wade Jr.s Mustache) 1629315249.0
Well sure looks like it’s time for the bi-annual firing in the @Tigers TV booth as Jack Morris 1) does some kind of… https://t.co/0iJMEoTQHl— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1629261133.0
A reminder: https://t.co/BKhGjyGHDh— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1629290816.0
The apology Morris issued as well left something to be desired.
"I sincerely apologize if I offended anybody," he said, before referring to Shohei Ohtani as "Jose."
@KeithOlbermann @tigers “I did not intend for any offensive thing and I apologize if I did.” So he’s not sure if he… https://t.co/quCQe1v61d— Adam Perry (@Adam Perry) 1629264835.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers Ernie Harwell turned in his grave last night. The Tigers fired their TV announcers for a fi… https://t.co/veChkODZJd— Ivey McClelland(she/her)😷😷😷 (@Ivey McClelland(she/her)😷😷😷) 1629293754.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers We once had the likes of Ernie Harwell and George Kell announcing our games in Detroit. Tha… https://t.co/nM5aQdKrHS— Just Plain Mike (@Just Plain Mike) 1629276552.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers Unbelievable. How can somebody on television STILL do this kind of thing? After all that’s happened? In 2021?— Dan Kelly (@Dan Kelly) 1629261268.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers Some people are defending him by saying he was doing an Elmer Fudd accent but I think it is… https://t.co/ISEXBjioRO— Sitaraman (@Sitaraman) 1629293069.0
Morris, an ex-baseball pitcher himself, once told a woman, Jennifer Frey, who had been assigned to interview him in the locker room, that he didn't "talk to women when I'm naked unless they're on top of me or I'm on top of them."
When Frey complained to the Miami Herald, who gave her the assignment, the Tigers said that the paper had a "lack of common sense" for assigning a woman to the interview.
@KeithOlbermann @tigers The guy I was just making fun of is someone I have the utmost respect for. Sure you do Jack!— harlow (@harlow) 1629262090.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers He no longer does Twins broadcasts, thankfully. I began calling him Grandpa Jack because he… https://t.co/z5O3i4ZvIw— Arron Meyer-Razon (@Arron Meyer-Razon) 1629291999.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers The Tigers haven't had a good announcing team since George Kell and Al Kaline were in the T… https://t.co/JxCaIHMD7W— Joe (@Joe) 1629269486.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers He must have tipped back an extra six or so drinks tonight more than his usual amount on air— Darkwing Gray Duck (@Darkwing Gray Duck) 1629261549.0
@KeithOlbermann @tigers Honestly at first I thought he did a crappy Elmer Fudd impersonation. I was wrong. https://t.co/5SyIN6MBwx— Dr. Rick (@Dr. Rick) 1629291329.0
Morris, who was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2018, is only on his second regular stint of broadcasting for the Tigers.
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