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Here’s a rule of thumb when it comes to this show: if I’m talking about the Seattle Mariners, it’s going to go badly for the Mariners. Generally, really badly.
And if I’m talking about Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather, he and they probably did something really stupid and are about to get wrecked for it.
And if I’m talking about Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather talking to the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club, it’s horrible for everyone. And that’s pretty much the result of Mather running his yap to the Rotarians earlier this month.
Seattle Mariners team president Kevin Mather resigned on Monday, one day after the longtime executive’s disparaging and discriminatory remarks about his organization’s players surfaced online. During a Q&A with the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club earlier this year, Mather insulted multiple current and former Mariners, provoking the ire of MLB fans and Mariners players alike, leading to his .
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It’s not a huge surprise to hear the admission that Seager probably won’t be back in 2022. Still, no players want to find that out from audio of a private speech to someone else, and they certainly wouldn’t want their family to find out that way either.