Coach Tigers Chris Bosio reveals a comment that led to his shot

A day after Chris Bosio's sudden shooting, allegedly prompted by a "racially" comment, the former coach of the Detroit Tigers pitcher claims that all of the incident stems from a misunderstanding with a club keeper.

Today, Bob Nightengale, Bosio said that the comment that led to his dismissal used "monkey" as a nickname in a conversation heard by an African-American clubhouse attendant. The club attendant thought the term was used to describe it, but Bosio "insisted" that the nickname was for Daniel Stumpf, the injured Tigers pitcher. Bosio said. "And I said," Oh, you mean, "Spider Monkey." That's his nickname. It's a skinny little white kid who makes all those grimaces when he works.

"The kid thought we were talking about him, he was pissed off, he supposed we were talking about him, I said," No, no, no. We are talking about Stumpf.

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Daniel Stumpf does not know the nickname of "Spider Monkey".

Not helping Bosio's case, Stumpf would not have known of Bosio's supposed nickname for him.

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This statement basically gives us three possibilities: Bosio never used the nickname "Spider Monkey" within Stump's voice range, Bosio's story is not true or Stumpf does not say not the truth for some reason. Once news of the conversation reached the Tigers, Bosio was summoned to a meeting Tuesday with GM Al Avila Tigers, manager Ron Gardenhire and GM assistant. and Attorney General John Westhoff, where he was asked if he had used the term "monkey," Bosio did not deny it, but tried to point out that he was speaking in English. made of Stumpf. The tigers apparently did not buy it because Bosio was fired a day later on Wednesday.

"Al said, we got all our information, and we get fired because of your insensitive comments," said Bosio. "I said:" Comments? There was a comment. And it was not even meant for the child. "

" Al said, "We and the Major League Baseball have a zero tolerance policy." I said, "Al, I have no problem with anyone. I did not cross the line. I am really sorry, but this is not my intention. I can not believe that. "

We hear only one side of the story here, but it seems to be a tragic misunderstanding.However, the Tigers probably would not have fired Bosio they were rightly believing that he was only talking about Stumpf. "Avila also refers to" things ", emphasizing the plural, in his conversation with Bosio, that he supported saying "there were things involved" when asked to comment on USA Today.

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Where are Chris Bosio and the Tigers

Whatever happened to Bosio on Monday and the rest of his short period with the Tigers, Bosio said that he was "crushed". He would have planned to hire a lawyer in order to to determine whether or not to sue for wrongful dismissal.

55-year-old was in first year of his tenure at D narrow and look for work again. His resume counts six seasons as a Cubs pitching coach until his last surprising shot. Meanwhile, he helped the Cubs out of the basement and probably played an important role in the transformation of Jake Arrieta into an ace as well as the development of Kyle Hendricks

although there is a decent chance that they could go for a full replacement this offseason.

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