The words from Indians owner Paul Dolan were jarring. Speaking at an Akron radio station’s speaker series on Wednesday, Dolan said the Indians and the baseball commissioner’s office are “not exactly aligned” on the future of Chief Wahoo, an Indians logo that is beloved by many of the team’s fans, and considered offensive by others outside of Cleveland, and surely some in that city, too.



Not exactly aligned? What exactly are the Indians waiting for, a preferred positioning of the moon, the sun and the stars?



No, the battle is over, and Dolan knows it. He acknowledged as much, saying, “We will come to some understanding some time relatively soon, meaning before the start of the 2018 season, and maybe sooner than that.” What he needs to embrace is that the time is right for the Indians to move on from Wahoo now, even as he spoke of the “emotional attachment” that many Clevelanders feel toward the logo.



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