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San Gabriel Valley Sep 16, 2020
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Brian Harkins, longtime Angels employee was fired in March because he provided a substance to pitchers to doctor baseballs. Los Angeles Angels clubhouse manager Brian Harkins, right driving Los Angeles Dodgers Matt Kemp prior to a spring training game at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Angels won 4-1 during a split squad game. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Brian Harkins, the longtime Angels employee who was fired in March because he provided a substance to pitchers to doctor baseballs , has filed a complaint against the Angels and Major League Baseball, according to documents reviewed by the Southern California News Group. The complaint was filed on Aug. 28 in Orange County Superior Court, was first reported by ESPN . The complaint claims that Harkins was made to be a scapegoat by the Angels and MLB. The complaint alleges defamation and false light ag…