Cleveland to host 2019 All Star Game

[BellevueBuckeye]

It is being reported that the 2019 MLB All Star game will be held in Cleveland.

This will be the 6th All Star Game in Cleveland and 2nd at Progressive Field, making it the first stadium opened after 1974 to host a 2nd Mid Summer Classic.

www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/01/cleveland_indians_all-star_gam_1.html#incart_2box

[BellevueBuckeye]

There are rumors that getting rid of Chief Wahoo could have been a condition in the deal to bring the All-Star Game to Cleveland.

Commissioner Manfred has been been in discussion with the Indians ownership about the logo this offseason, and today all he would comment on that front was that “The conversations are ongoing, and I’m not going to say anymore about the timing” and that he "didn't want to speculate" what the end result would be. I would imagine that if a deal was indeed struck, neither side would publicly admit that the disappearance of the logo by 2019 had anything to with the All-Star Game.

[DrTorch]

get rid of that stupid *** thing already

geesh

[Deleted]

I like chief wahoo, It wasn't racist back then, So how did it all of sudden become racist now ? I won't where anything with that stupid C on it.

[galion]

Well slavery and segregation didn't used to be racist either but they both are now.

[Deleted]

So basically, Major League baseball is black mailing Cleveland over Chief Wahoo for an all star game. They can keep their joke of an all star game, IMO. I have not watched it since Bud Selig ended it in a tie, the 1st time.

[bbmind]

They can take it away officially but it will never die on the outside and unofficial apparel.