MLB is launching an investigation into a domestic violence incident involving the San Francisco Giants CEO

Larry Baer.
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Larry Baer, the CEO of the San Francisco Giants, will step away from the team while Major League Baseball launches a domestic violence investigation into an altercation Baer had with his wife, Pam.

TMZ Sports published a video on Friday showing Baer forcibly trying to grab his cell phone from Pam, as the chair she is sitting in topples to the ground. The couple released a joint statement on Friday expressing regret about the incident, which Baer followed with an individual statement offering an apology.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.