He resigned on the 22nd because he made inappropriate remarks about the internal circumstances of the baseball team in a lecture given online this month by the president of the Mariners baseball team.
In a lecture online on the 5th of this month, the Mariners' mother team president mentioned that Hisashi Iwakuma, a special coach of the team, said, "I was tired of the salary paid to the interpreter. When he was a player. We had to pay $ 75,000 a year, about 7.9 million yen in Japanese yen, and when I told him that, his English improved dramatically. "
In addition, the president of the mother baseball team revealed that he did not intentionally promote to the major league last season in order to delay the young players who belong to the minor league under the umbrella from becoming FA = free agent, and the video is a video. The criticism was increasing because it was posted on the posting site.
The president of the Mother team apologized with a statement saying, "I can't make excuses and I'm responsible for everything. The statements are personal and do not reflect the team's views or strategies." According to him, he resigned on the 22nd.
Mariners Chairman Stanton said, "Like you, I was very disappointed when I heard this statement. I am grateful for his 25 years of work, but I have no excuse for his statement. I sincerely apologize to the players and fans. I will do it. "