By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
November 3, 2014
I received an interesting Tweet this morning regarding my article detailing specifically why Detroit News beat writer Tom Gage essentially called Tigers’ slugger Miguel Cabrera classless in an opinion piece last month.
@JeffMossDSR Did this stuff happen in the clubhouse when Leyland was mgr? Or would he not allow it? Is Ausmus too weak to shut it down?
— Mike Gill (@southcambridge) November 3, 2014
This is an intriguing question to which I really don’t have a definitive answer. Maybe Mike should email Lynn Henning, Jason Beck, Chris Iott, Matthew B. [Aggressive] Mowery or John Lowe and ask that same question.
Based on what I have been told, the sexually suggestive escapades were something new this season which is what led Gage to pen that piece — even though he left the most compelling piece of evidence out of his article.
And I am not sure if Brad Ausmus is the most qualified person to deal with this sort of harassment anyway.
The following is an old article from the GREAT former Detroit News investigative reporter, Fred Girard, regarding the complaints of a former flight attendant who used to work on the Tigers’ team plane back when Ausmus was PLAYING for the organization.
A lawsuit was filed against the Tigers back in the early part of this century regarding alleged inappropriate behavior by several players; the allegations included smoking pot on the plane; sexual innuendo aimed at the female flight attendant; and verbal abuse.
While Jeff Weaver and Matt Anderson were the main culprits according to this lawsuit, you will see that Ausmus did not come out unscathed. The reference to the current Tigers’ manager is highlighted in orange.
“Another player, Brad Ausmus, also confronted Kesner, and allegedly called her vulgar names for reporting the incident.”
Of course, none of this was ever raised at Brad Ausmus’ introductory press conference because the “reporters” were too busy asking him what number he would wear in Detroit; Frodo Albom was asking the new guy if he had ever spent time in the Padres’ dugout in his previous job as Special Assistant to the General Manager.
So, I have no idea how Brad Ausmus responded to Miguel Cabrera wiggling his cock in the direction of a reporter.
Based on Ausmus’ past performance though, it’s most likely that he cursed out the reporter for being in the wrong place at the wrong time and then BLAMED THE VICTIM.