Miech’s son, Owen, a catcher who also left the team, outlined his complaints to Mezzanotte in a lengthy email more than a year ago. Owen Miech said Sauro singled him out repeatedly in front of the rest of the team for missing one day of practice to attend his cousin’s wedding and called him a “retard” on multiple occasions. He also said an assistant coach threw chewing tobacco at him.

<p>Miech&rsquo;s son, Owen, a catcher who also left the team, outlined his complaints to Mezzanotte in a lengthy email more than a year ago. Owen Miech said Sauro singled him out repeatedly in front of the rest of the team for missing one day of practice to attend his cousin&rsquo;s wedding and called him a &ldquo;retard&rdquo; on multiple occasions. He also said an assistant coach threw chewing tobacco at him.</p>

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