Following Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox that completed a four-game sweep at home, the Indians held a lengthy team meeting. Afterward, Kipnis said players weren’t being held accountable, were playing like [expletive] and that, ‘It’s just not the way we’re going to do business around here.”
On Monday, he clarified those remarks to say that they had nothing to do with Indians manager Terry Francona.
“Tito is our manager, he’s not a babysitter,” Kipnis said. “When I talk about holding [people] accountable, that’s strictly a players holding other players accountable [thing]. We’ve got a bunch young adults who are supposed to be treated like men.