Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar was banned from baseball and punished by the Toronto Blue Jays Friday after an MLB investigation found him guilty of sexual misconduct.
In an announcement that rocked the baseball world in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, Hall of Fame second baseman Roberto Alomar has been banned from baseball for alleged sexual misconduct. Alomar, now 53, was elected to Cooperstown with 90 per cent of the vote in 2011, three years before the incident that prompted his placement on the permanently ineligible list Friday. He had been working as a consultant for Major League Baseball and ambassador for the Toronto Blue Jays, whom he led to world championships in 1992 and 1993. The Jays said they were cutting all ties with the 12-time All-Star, whose name will be stricken from the team’s Level of Excellence at Rogers Centre, where the banner featuring his retired No.12 will also be removed. Ironically, the Jays have been relegated to playing home games in Buffalo, home of their Triple-A team, and Dunedin, FL, where they hold spring training, because of Ontario’s strict Covid-19 restrictions. Toronto has not played at Rogers Centre since 2019, the last uninterrupted season. Commissioner Rob Manfred, in a special statement issued Friday, said, “An independent investigation was conducted by an external legal firm to review an allegation of sexual misconduct reported by a baseball industry employee earlier this year involving Mr. Alomar in 2014. “Having reviewed all of the available evidence from the now-completed investigation, I have concluded that Mr. Alomar violated MLB’s policies and that termination of his consultant contract and placement on MLB’s Ineligible List are warranted. “We are grateful for the courage of the individual who came forward.
