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                                                        Exhibit 23.2


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Cleveland Indians
Baseball Company, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated February 14, 1998 (March
31, 1998 as to Note 17) on the combined financial statements of Cleveland
Indians Baseball Company Limited Partnership and Ballpark Management Company
and of our report dated April 1, 1998 on Cleveland Indians Baseball Company,
Inc., appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Cleveland, Ohio

April 3, 1998