Jack Morris appeared to make fun of an Asian accent as he discussed Angels all-star pitcher Shohei Ohtani.
The Tigers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Angels did not have a statement on the matter.
Morris, 66, has been working as a sports broadcaster since 2013. The five-time All-Star was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. In Morris’s final season playing for the Tigers in 1990, he made a sexist comment to a Detroit Free Press intern,When Jennifer Frey approached Morris after a game in the Tiger Stadium Clubhouse to ask a question, Morris said: “I don’t talk to people when I’m naked, especially women, unless they’re on top of me or I’m on top of them.” He has reportedly since apologized.“It’s a non-apology apology.
He said it was impossible for Morris to “play something like this off as ‘sorry if you were offended’ when there’s not any purpose in doing this accent other than to make a caricature of AAPI people.”RELATED...
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