It doesn't seem like very long ago that New York Yankees fans were left baffled by the departure of Cameron Maybin, a 2019 Yankee spark plug, from the broadcast booth at the end of the 2022 season. His tenure in Detroit ended similarly abruptly; Maybin was hired for Tigers broadcasts in 2023, but the team silently parted ways with him when the season concluded. After a bombshell report released Wednesday morning, the timeline of events is starting to make much more sense.
Brittany Ghiroli and Alex Andrejev of The Athletic published a series of damning allegations clustered together on Wednesday (subscription required) related to the unchecked "boys club" atmosphere that seems to have permeated the Detroit Tigers' organization.