Scott Servais learned Mariners were firing him from X alert: 'Alarming that I found out that way'

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The Seattle Mariners said they needed a change of voice when they decided to fire Scott Servais during the team’s recent skid, but the ex-manager is saying the team never voiced that decision to him personally before he found out on his phone. 

The Mariners made the decision on Thursday to fire Servais, as the Mariners lost eight of their last nine games after previously holding a massive AL West lead in June. 

But, according to the Seattle Times, Servais found out about his fate on X, as he received a notification from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.  

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Manager Scott Servais of the Seattle Mariners walks off the field after making a pitching change during the Guardians game at Progressive Field on June 18, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

The notification came less than 90 minutes before Servais had a meeting with Jerry Dipoto, the Mariners' president of baseball operations. 

"That was one of the toughest things, obviously, learning that from an alert on my phone," Servais told the Seattle Times. "It was just the reality of what may be coming down here in the next few hours. When you’re part of an organization for nine years, it feels like family. And it was alarming that I found out that way, but it happened. I can’t say it didn’t happen. It absolutely happened that way."

Rosenthal even mentioned on "Foul Territory" that it was "uncomfortable" that Servais had to learn of his fate from one of his reports. 

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