The Los Angeles Angels have fired a longtime visiting clubhouse manager for allegedly aiding opposing pitchers in obtaining illegal substances to put on baseballs.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have fired longtime visiting clubhouse manager Brian “Bubba” Harkins for allegedly aiding opposing pitchers in obtaining illegal substances to put on baseballs, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday night.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Angels don’t publicly discuss the details of internal personnel matters.Harkins was fired Tuesday while the Angels are in Arizona for spring training. He has worked at Angel Stadium of Anaheim for most of the past four decades.cracking down this spring on the use of pine tar and other substances
pitchers use to get a better grip on the ball. Such practices, including a popular concoction from sunscreen and resin, have technically been outlawed for years, but those rules had been enforced sparingly. The Angels moved immediately to dismiss Harkins after learning of his actions in previous seasons, the source told the AP.
Harkins started out as a batboy with the Angels. He eventually became a clubhouse attendant in the 1980s, and he has been in his current job in the visitors’ clubhouse since 1990.
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