Kevin Mather, whose startling comments about service-time suppression, foreign-born players’ English skills and the inner workings of the Seattle Mariners roiled the baseball industry, resigned as the team’s president and CEO on Monday,…
In his Rotary Club speech, which was posted to YouTube over the weekend, Mather demeaned the English skills of two foreign-born Mariners employees: former Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, who was hired in…
In a strange sort of way, baseball may ultimately owe Kevin Mather a debt of gratitude. Mind you, it’s not because of anything he’s accomplished in the game, where he’s existed largely…