So, it turns out that there was really a part of last night good This is really bad story.
You may have seen, Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken Became the first woman to train on the court in an MLB game When she took charge at first base, fired coach Antoine Richardson. I don’t want to overlook this as a really important and positive story, although there is more context worth discussing now:
When Giants head coach Antoine Richardson was fired in the third inning, she opened the door for Alyssa Naken to take charge and become the first woman to coach in a major league game of the regular season. #huge # Date #Elissa Nken Tweet embed Tweet embed Tweet embed pic.twitter.com/UMMejGyLRl
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But why was Richardson fired anyway? What exactly happened that led to the first Core Boss being kicked out of the lair? This is somewhat unusual.
Well, here’s Richardson explaining what happened between him and Padres’ third coach (and former St. Louis Cardinals manager) Mike Scheldt. It seems, according to Richardson, that Scheldt took things to an unnecessary level and the undertones there were ugly:
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– Evan Webeck (@EvanWebeck) April 13, 2022
Antoine Richardson: Mike Schilt asked Kapler to ‘control that fuck’.
“I think his words were disproportionately unjustified, and reeked of racism when he referred to me as ‘that damned,’ as if I was going to be controlled, a piece of property, or enslaved.” pic.twitter.com/GJ9pg1VkFm
– KNBR (KNBR) April 13, 2022
Antoine Richardson said he spoke out because “it’s important that we bring awareness to this…I’m sharing this story not just for myself, but I’m sharing this story with other people like me.” This is what he said happened before he was fired: pic.twitter.com/UKR6ZkNXBQ
– Alex Pavlovic (PavlovicNBCS) April 13, 2022
If that’s what Scheldt said, it would appear to me in a very similar way. Maybe he thought he didn’t Means This way, but it looks very bad. It’s not just the way to talk to anyone, let alone the way to have those undertones.
It is unlikely that this will go away, as Schilt will have to answer what Richardson says happened, and Richardson will almost certainly have support from his manager on the matter:
“I trust Antoine’s judgment on this matter, and I know that Antoine was not at all out of control, and that nothing was said to imply that he was absolutely improper. He did not incite any part of this.”
– Gabe Kapler on Antoine Richardson’s firing pic.twitter.com/zoKhmJrrgv
– KNBR (KNBR) April 13, 2022
More to come, likely from Scheldt, Padres, and possibly Major League Baseball.
