Five women in the sports media have the Los Angeles Angels Pitching Coach, Mickey Callaway’s lewd behavior, report journalists Brittany Ghiroli and Katie Strang of The Athletic. Callaway aggressively pursued these women for at least half a decade and was part of three different organizations during that time.
Callaway, 45, is accused of sending inappropriate photos to three women and requesting nude photos in exchange for one of them, Ghiroli and Strang said. He is also accused of making them uncomfortable in other ways, such as shoving his crotch in the face of a reporter while interviewing and telling another woman that he would give her information about the Mets if she got drunk on him .
Callaway’s alleged behavior is apparently well known in some corners of baseball, as a prosecutor told Ghiroli and Strang, “It was the worst kept secret in the sport.”
Callaway responded to The Athletic in an email, writing:
Rather than rushing to respond to these general allegations just reported to me, I look forward to the opportunity to provide more specific answers. Every relationship that I have been engaged to has been a consensus, and my behavior was not intended to be disrespectful to the women involved. I am married and my wife has taken note of these common allegations. “
Los Angeles gave their own response to the story:
The reported behavior is contrary to the values and policies of the Organization of Angels. We take this very seriously and will conduct a full investigation with MLB. “
Callaway is entering his second season as the Angels’ pitching coach, but he may not keep the job (the Mets fired general manager Jared Porter last month after being charged with sexual harassment).
Before joining the Angels, Callaway served as the Pitching Coach for Cleveland from 2013-17 and as a manager for the Mets from 2018-19.