Today in Ohio, the daily news podcast of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Could Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase have purposefully collapsed in the team’s 2024 postseason?
With all the numbers in baseball, we dug into Clase’s playoff failure on Today in Ohio.
Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editorial board member Lisa Garvin, impact editor Leila Atassi and content director Laura Johnston.
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Here’s what we’re asking about today:
When Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase was charged with throwing intentional balls in a gambling scandal, our minds turned back to the 2024 season, when Clase was devastatingly great all season and collapsed in the post-season. Did he throw the playoffs for gamblers? We asked reporter Rich Exner to examine every stat he could, and he came back with some fascinating findings. What are they?
No one has been executed since Mike DeWine became Ohio governor. He has a year left in his term. Might he do something to permanently end the Ohio death penalty?
How can the federal government learn I contributed to a charity if I never claim the donation on a tax form?
As we discussed last week, keeping public comment sessions from upending government council meetings can be a challenge. How is Cuyahoga County refining its approach?
The federal government has outlawed it starting next year, and Mike DeWine has tried to end sales of it Ohio immediately. Why does a Franklin County judge get to make the call on whether this stuff stays on the market, appealing to kids?
How bad is the debt situation in Cuyahoga County, and why is it abut get a lot worse?
One of the reasons the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District wants remove Lower Lake in Shaker Heights is that the dam is in bad shape. So why is the effort to fix the dam now being blocked?
Cleveland City Council and the mayor are fighting over sending mental health professionals to crises instead of police. What’s their beef?
They ought to call this the Snoopy award, after the way the beagle in the Charlie Brown comic strip decorates his doghouse. What did a Lake County family win for its Snoopy-like holiday lights display?
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