Seattle Mariners suspend Steve Clevenger without pay following Tweets on Charlotte unrest

[Miles Archer]

The Seattle Mariners have suspended Steve Clevenger without pay for the remainder of the 2016 season after the backup catcher posted a pair of inflammatory tweets Thursday.

"As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team," general manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement Friday. "Today we have informed him that he is suspended for the remainder of the season without pay."

Clevenger's tweets referenced the recent unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina after police shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday. One tweet said in part that "Everyone involved should be locked behind bars like animals!"

Clevenger later apologized, saying in a lengthy statement released through his agent that he was "sickened by the idea that anyone would think of me in racist terms."

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17619162/seattle-mariners-suspend-steve-clevenger-inappropriate-tweets

[sdfernando]

1. "sickened by the idea that anyone would think of me in racist terms."

Then don't speak/tweet racist shit...asshole!

[uponit7771]

2. +1, its like they don't even know what racism is !!! In a country this diverse it's damn near...

... impossible to give them the benefit of the doubt !!

[a kennedy]

11. Yah, this is just the statement these racists will say every time they swear they're NOT a racist.

Bastard........

[bluesbassman]

3. Well, being that you're white Steve, nobody is going to think of you in the racist terms you employ.

And now that your career is likely finished, nobody will ever have to think of you at all.

[Initech]

4. Don't want to be pegged as a racist? Don't say racist shit!

[malaise]

7. That fugging simple

+1,000

[dembotoz]

5. the problem with social media is that it is well...............................social

people forget that.

as it turns out i seem to be in line to be county chair again for my little local dem party after the election.

a hobby of mine i being on facebook and just trolling the hell out of the gop.

i will have to be more careful and pull in my claws....seems steve did not get the memo.

do wonder if he would be suspended if he were a starter or perhaps an allstar...but that is the stuff of conjecture best left to the sport sites

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. As an Orioles fan, I'm glad we traded him away last off season.

I'm even happier that we got Mark Trumbo in return, who's currently leading the league in home runs.

[murielm99]

8. The remainder of the season?

What is that for his team? A week? Less?

[maxsolomon]

9. hey, we're going all the way!

good luck cubbies

[murielm99]

13. Thank you.

I have been waiting sixty years for this. I did manage to get to one of the Cubs playoffs games last year, where they hit eight home runs against the Cardinals.

I don't want to say too much. Billy goats, and all that.

[jmowreader]

10. Ten games

[Cerridwen]

12. According to the article, it's about $34,000 n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. I'd bet there's an appeal coming.

An apology, some off-season rehab, good-to-go.