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Cleveland 'Committed' to Creating Inclusive Environment After Callaway Report

Cleveland's MLB team expressed a commitment to creating an inclusive environment on Tuesday only hours after a new report from The Athletic's Brittany Ghiroli and Katie Strang detailed additional allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women by former pitching coach Mickey Callaway.

Ghiroli and Strang first reported on Callaway's alleged lewd behavior on Feb. 1. after which his current organization, the Los Angeles Angels, suspended him pending an investigation involving Major League Baseball.

In their latest report released Tuesday, Ghiroli and Strang noted while Cleveland president Chris Antonetti stated last month that he was unaware of Callaway's behavior, evidence points to Antonetti having been involved in discussions concerning at least one allegation in 2017:

"An angry husband repeatedly called the team's fan services department to complain that Callaway had sent 'pornographic material' to his wife.