Seattle Mariners leaders expressed their dismay on Tuesday and vowed to move on positively from comments made by former team CEO and president Kevin Mather, who resigned Monday after his insulting comments toward some players and groups were made public.
"It's been a difficult couple of days... for our players, for our staff, for me, our baseball operations team, and all of the Mariners, that's the reality," general manager Jerry Dipoto said in an unscheduled video conference call with reporters. "I think the most important thing was to spend some time with you, answer the baseball questions, and just re-humanize our players."
Mather spoke earlier this month via Zoom with the Breakfast Rotary Club in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue. His comments were made public over the weekend, and Mather apologized Sunday night. He commented on everything from poor English skills among some foreign-born players to the manipulation of service time.
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