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After a 16-season MLB career, Gregg Zaun remained in the game as a TV company for another 12 years.
However, the former Toronto Blue Jayscatcher and analyst was fired in 2017, after several female employees accused him of sexual harassment.
Zaun admitted that there were lines crossed in his time with sports net in Canada and said he “certainly made mistakes” and “let celebrity come in my head.”
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Toronto Blue Jays-Catcher Gregg Zaun, #9, hits a 2-race home drive in the 1st round against Cincinnati Reds at Rogers Center in Toronto. (Tom Szczerbowski/USA Today Sports)
“I was never as famous in Canada as a player that I was as a TV company. I mean, I couldn’t walk down the street,” Zaun told the “Toronto Legends” podcast, adding that he “flirted” with the employees.
Zaun has since become sober and gone to therapy, but it is clear that he wants to get back to TV spread.
He “can’t, though.”
“My life was turned upside down, ruined. My professional career, ruined. I can’t get a job on TV,” Zaun said. “There’s not much forgiveness for people who look like me in this world. And that’s my fault. It’s definitely my fault.
Gregg Zaun on the set at Rogers, where the former MLB -Catcher is a Blue Jay Jay analyst for the TV company. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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“There are certain topics of conversation that do not belong in the workplace. And it is fun, the biggest mistake I have made is to think that because many of the conversations and the exchange were initiated by women in the workplace that they were somehow OK. That I was somehow entitled to participate in these conversations.
“These accusations, they were shocking to me. What I couldn’t realize is that I wasn’t the only one who laughs. And there were other people who saw what was going on, heard about what was going on, and silently influenced by my behavior of the behavior of the other participants. Women and men. And frankly, unacceptable behavior.”
Zaun has had some coaching tints in independent ball and Mexico in recent years. In fact, he was just escaped as a Mexican league team’s temporary manager last month.
Milwaukee Brewers Catcher Gregg Zaun against Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. (Mark J. Revilas/USA Today Sports)
Most often a backup -catcher, Zaun hit .252 with a .732 ops in his career, where he got a 13.7 war of 13.7. He also had stints with Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers.
