Vindictive sportswriter pretty pleased with himself for (he thinks) ending career of backup catcher

We told you Friday about the disgusting attack leveled against Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger by USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale. Because Clevenger had made a couple of posts on social media criticizing Black Lives Matter, President Obama and the Charlotte rioters, Nightengale went on the warpath, demanding that the Mariners release Clevenger. The posts were harshly worded, but they weren't inaccurate and they certainly weren't racist. Didn't matter. Nightengale simply labeled them as such and that's apparently all that needs to happen for someone's career to be thrown into the shredder. The cowardly Mariners mostly complied with Nightengale's demands, suspending Clevenger without pay for the rest of the season - not because he actually did anything wrong, but because the Mariners felt the negative media pressure they know will keep coming from a cockroach like Bob Nightengale.