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M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Fenech’s bio is still on the website.
Petzold is young and probably works cheaper.
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Don’t know if this has any bearing on the situation, but the Freep recently named a new Sports Editor.
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No one cares, except an insurance adjuster creep that for some reason people pay attention to.
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Jeff Moss' last post on the Detroit Sports Rag site, dated Dec. 31, 2020, was regarding this very topic. He seems to not know anything more about this than anyone else does.

http://detroitsportsrag.com/where-is-anthony-fenech/

Petzold and Jeff Seidel seem to be the only Freep scribes handling Tigers duty nowadays.
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MichMash wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:05 am Jeff Moss' last post on the Detroit Sports Rag site, dated Dec. 31, 2020, was regarding this very topic. He seems to not know anything more about this than anyone else does.

http://detroitsportsrag.com/where-is-anthony-fenech/

Petzold and Jeff Seidel seem to be the only Freep scribes handling Tigers duty nowadays.
Why would anyone want to give that psycho stalker more traffic?
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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DSR posted an update on 02/25/2021 on the Fenech saga (link provided but also copied and condensed below for y'all who won't traffic there yourselves, because I don't see it reported anywhere else):

http://detroitsportsrag.com/anthony-fen ... the-freep/

Fenech's bio also has been removed from the Freep web site.
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"Anthony Fenech No Longer Works At the Freep
Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

The DetroitSportsRag.com has been able to confirm that Tigers’ Detroit Free Press beat writer Anthony Fenech no longer works at the paper. Fenech’s dismissal from the Freep ends a bizarre saga regarding his employment there.
(...)
The DSR has learned through multiple industry sources that Fenech’s problems started at the end of the 2019 baseball season. The Freep believed that Fenech had not been acting responsibly in his duties as the Tigers’ beat writer.
(...)
But I was told that Fenech’s juvenile behavior led to Fenech being removed from the Tigers’ beat and placed on Detroit Pistons’ coverage.
(...)
Anyway, being moved from the Tigers to the Pistons was seen by the paper and by Fenech as a demotion.

But something occurred between the time of the slapdown and Fenech actually beginning the Pistons gig full time. Somehow, Fenech received a last-minute reprieve from Thomas and ended up back covering the Tigers. But in true Fenech fashion, he fucked that up as well.

I have been told the last straw was when the baseball season reconvened in July after the COVID-19 delay.

Fenech brought pizza to the park to share with lord knows who during the team’s training camp at Comerica, which was a violation of the strict COVID protocols put in place by the team.

It seems he compounded the issue with another prank the next day regarding pizza and that soon after these HILARIOUS hijinks, Fenech was removed from the Tigers’ beat and placed on the “Breaking News” desk.

But after having that job at the paper for a few weeks, Fenech disappeared off the face of the Earth. I have been told by several acquaintances of Fenech that he is not answering text messages and that phone calls to his cell go directly to voicemail(...)"
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Fenech always impressed me as snarky smart aleck. Knows baseball really well, but always kind of a jerk. None of the DSR's reporting about him has ever surprised me.
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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MichMash wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:46 pm DSR posted an update on 02/25/2021 on the Fenech saga (link provided but also copied and condensed below for y'all who won't traffic there yourselves, because I don't see it reported anywhere else):

http://detroitsportsrag.com/anthony-fen ... the-freep/

Fenech's bio also has been removed from the Freep web site.
___________________________________________

"Anthony Fenech No Longer Works At the Freep
Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

The DetroitSportsRag.com has been able to confirm that Tigers’ Detroit Free Press beat writer Anthony Fenech no longer works at the paper. Fenech’s dismissal from the Freep ends a bizarre saga regarding his employment there.
(...)
The DSR has learned through multiple industry sources that Fenech’s problems started at the end of the 2019 baseball season. The Freep believed that Fenech had not been acting responsibly in his duties as the Tigers’ beat writer.
(...)
But I was told that Fenech’s juvenile behavior led to Fenech being removed from the Tigers’ beat and placed on Detroit Pistons’ coverage.
(...)
Anyway, being moved from the Tigers to the Pistons was seen by the paper and by Fenech as a demotion.

But something occurred between the time of the slapdown and Fenech actually beginning the Pistons gig full time. Somehow, Fenech received a last-minute reprieve from Thomas and ended up back covering the Tigers. But in true Fenech fashion, he fucked that up as well.

I have been told the last straw was when the baseball season reconvened in July after the COVID-19 delay.

Fenech brought pizza to the park to share with lord knows who during the team’s training camp at Comerica, which was a violation of the strict COVID protocols put in place by the team.

It seems he compounded the issue with another prank the next day regarding pizza and that soon after these HILARIOUS hijinks, Fenech was removed from the Tigers’ beat and placed on the “Breaking News” desk.

But after having that job at the paper for a few weeks, Fenech disappeared off the face of the Earth. I have been told by several acquaintances of Fenech that he is not answering text messages and that phone calls to his cell go directly to voicemail(...)"
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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I gave him 5 just because of your post.

Love me some Jeff Moss
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Gertner wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:03 pm I gave him 5 just because of your post.

Love me some Jeff Moss
Why? He belongs in a mental health facility.
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Matt wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:10 pm
Gertner wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:03 pm I gave him 5 just because of your post.

Love me some Jeff Moss
Why? He belongs in a mental health facility.
Maybe he's here under the pseudonym SG?
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Re: M.I.A. - Detroit Free Press Tigers beat writer, Anthony Fenech

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Bryce wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:31 pm
Matt wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:10 pm
Gertner wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:03 pm I gave him 5 just because of your post.

Love me some Jeff Moss
Why? He belongs in a mental health facility.
Maybe he's here under the pseudonym SG?
Interesting theory! I think SG is the Jeff though: https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/0 ... pence.html
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