momadance wrote:His "dingbat" wife left him for Ray Liotta after meeting him at a Cubs game lol.

During a testy meeting Friday, Cleveland Indians players scolded teammates Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac for breaking protocol and going out in Chicago, and at least one player said he would opt out of the season if the two remained on the active roster, sources familiar with the meeting told ESPN.

Clevinger and Plesac, two-fifths of the Indians' rotation that has a major-league-best 2.43 ERA, were optioned to Cleveland's alternate site and will spend at least 10 days away from the major league team. While some teammates accepted their apologies and preferred they remain with the Indians, sources said, the anger over their actions was palpable enough to lead to the demotions -- ones that, if they last for a specific period of time, could have significant financial implications.

Indians players' disappointment centered not only on the decision made by Clevinger and Plesac to leave the team hotel in Chicago on Aug. 7 but also their actions afterward. Some players, sources said, believed Clevinger was not truthful with them about his involvement before he boarded the team plane Aug. 9. By then, Plesac, who had been caught trying to return to the hotel early on the morning of Aug. 8, had been sent back to Cleveland. His attempted explanation this week in an Instagram video during which he was driving further bothered teammates, sources said.

TenuredVulture wrote:My hope was that clubhouse pressure would encourage compliance with the protocols. On the downside, after watching the Phillies this weekend, I guess they aren't so worried about high fives and fist bumps.

TenuredVulture wrote:My hope was that clubhouse pressure would encourage compliance with the protocols. On the downside, after watching the Phillies this weekend, I guess they aren't so worried about high fives and fist bumps.

In a sign that a younger adult demo is tuning in to Major League Baseball in higher numbers than last year, ESPN is seeing a 69% increase in the 18-to-34 adult demo. Expanding the demo to adults 18 to 49, the group MLB has been struggling to engage with, the increase is 57%. The breakdown within the 18-to-49 age group sees men up by 56% and women by 62%. For the younger subset (18 to 34), men are up 64% and women by a whopping 83%. In a sign that MLB is reaching a larger group, Hispanic viewership is up 77% compared with the 2019 average. ESPN is also seeing a slight increase with Black viewers, who are up 2% compared with the 2019 average.

momadance wrote:Baseball ratings, at least on ESPN, are way higher with younger viewers this year per Forbes.

In a sign that a younger adult demo is tuning in to Major League Baseball in higher numbers than last year, ESPN is seeing a 69% increase in the 18-to-34 adult demo. Expanding the demo to adults 18 to 49, the group MLB has been struggling to engage with, the increase is 57%. The breakdown within the 18-to-49 age group sees men up by 56% and women by 62%. For the younger subset (18 to 34), men are up 64% and women by a whopping 83%. In a sign that MLB is reaching a larger group, Hispanic viewership is up 77% compared with the 2019 average. ESPN is also seeing a slight increase with Black viewers, who are up 2% compared with the 2019 average.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown ... e831864a4e

momadance wrote:

During a testy meeting Friday, Cleveland Indians players scolded teammates Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac for breaking protocol and going out in Chicago, and at least one player said he would opt out of the season if the two remained on the active roster, sources familiar with the meeting told ESPN.

Clevinger and Plesac, two-fifths of the Indians' rotation that has a major-league-best 2.43 ERA, were optioned to Cleveland's alternate site and will spend at least 10 days away from the major league team. While some teammates accepted their apologies and preferred they remain with the Indians, sources said, the anger over their actions was palpable enough to lead to the demotions -- ones that, if they last for a specific period of time, could have significant financial implications.

Indians players' disappointment centered not only on the decision made by Clevinger and Plesac to leave the team hotel in Chicago on Aug. 7 but also their actions afterward. Some players, sources said, believed Clevinger was not truthful with them about his involvement before he boarded the team plane Aug. 9. By then, Plesac, who had been caught trying to return to the hotel early on the morning of Aug. 8, had been sent back to Cleveland. His attempted explanation this week in an Instagram video during which he was driving further bothered teammates, sources said.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/296 ... nd-indians