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MLBPA open to discuss pulling All-Star game out of Georgia after voting restrictions passed, chief says
Yahoo sports ^ | 3-26-21 | Cassandra Negley

Posted on 03/26/2021 1:21:13 PM PDT by raccoonradio

MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark said players are ready to discuss moving the summer's All-Star game out of Atlanta after the state legislature passed an election reform bill restricting voter access, the Boston Globe reported.

The 91st MLB All-Star game is scheduled for the Atlanta Braves' Truist Park on July 13 and they're planning to have full capacity.

"Among highlights, the bill would require a photo ID in order to vote absentee by mail, after more than 1.3 million Georgia voters used that option during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also would cut the time period people have to request an absentee ballot and limit where ballot drop boxes can be placed and when they can be accessed."

"One of the biggest changes in the bill would give the GOP-controlled legislature more control over election administration, a change that has raised concerns among voting rights groups that it could lead to greater partisan influence.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: Vermont Lt

Hey! Wait a second! I always liked professional bowling! ...as long as they don’t kneel for the national Anthem or are otherwise woke.


61 posted on 03/26/2021 2:38:25 PM PDT by stevem
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To: fieldmarshaldj

This is the union

Cancel cable ... Don’t fund them


62 posted on 03/26/2021 2:47:41 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ) )
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To: raccoonradio

Half of these players ( all millionaires) are foreigners.
Just shut up.


63 posted on 03/26/2021 2:51:55 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: raccoonradio

somebody can’t vote, may I ask why not


64 posted on 03/26/2021 3:05:00 PM PDT by wild74
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

gop-e isn’t smart enough to play like that.


65 posted on 03/26/2021 3:41:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: raccoonradio

The bill did not “restrict voter access” any more than laws which require ID for many kinds of minor purchases (alcohol, cigarettes) or to enter into ordinary contracts - rentals, deeds, auto purchases, etc. I am sick of pro sports leagues trying to subvert the rule of law.


66 posted on 03/26/2021 3:42:20 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: raccoonradio

MLB: “Blacks are too stupid to fill out a simple form or find their polling place. Everything must be done for them because they are basically children.”


67 posted on 03/26/2021 3:45:26 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: raccoonradio

I guess they want Presidential elections to be like All-Star Game Voting.


68 posted on 03/26/2021 3:45:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; raccoonradio; Impy; BillyBoy; NFHale; LS; KC_Lion

They just continue to kill off the sports leagues...

Stop buying their “made in China” crap, stop going to their games and stop paying for cable/satellite/streaming.


69 posted on 03/26/2021 4:33:03 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Or likely write a check to buy tickets at the MLB Box Office.

Such morons.


70 posted on 03/26/2021 4:59:39 PM PDT by beancounter13 (A Republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: raccoonradio

Can MLB please explain to the public why blacks are too stupid to get ID?


71 posted on 03/26/2021 5:03:45 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: JohnBrowdie

Remember a few years ago the NBA pulled the All Star Game from Charlotte, because at the time NC had some law which allegedly “discriminated” against transsexual peoples?

And remember the time the NFL pulled the Super Bowl out of Phoenix, because Arizona at the time didn’t have a state holiday for Martin Luther King?

I’m sure in both of those cases, there were contracts in place which were violated by the leagues so they could make their political statement. Baseball may well follow along, in order to lose money and get sued to make a political statement. It wouldn’t be the first time a sports league did so.


72 posted on 03/26/2021 5:04:55 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: raccoonradio

MLB says either corrupt your elections so Democrats can cheat or we’re out of here!


73 posted on 03/26/2021 5:06:10 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: dfwgator

I’ll give cricket this. Their field position names are entertaining. And nothing says civilization like the tea break. :)


74 posted on 03/26/2021 5:11:47 PM PDT by xp38
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To: raccoonradio

Gee, maybe Hollywood will decide to follow suit and leave their second home, too. Could GA be so lucky to lose the libs who relocated there looking for a cheaper place to make films?


75 posted on 03/26/2021 5:53:58 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Getting really sick and tired of this. And I’m a baseball fan.


76 posted on 03/26/2021 6:51:19 PM PDT by darkangel82
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To: raccoonradio

Boston may have about 12-14k.

Boston is at 12% capacity which for Fenway is about 4,500 people. Pathetic gov.


77 posted on 03/26/2021 6:51:20 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Please for the sake of your sanity stop trying to counter progresse activism with logic! It hasn’t and will never work.


78 posted on 03/26/2021 7:27:17 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: raccoonradio

Dear G-d in heaven. The American pastime now.

Jesse Kelly is right. Communists want/take EVERYTHING.
The never pause and at we have most of it, we can relax. No. The want it ALL. Demons.


79 posted on 03/26/2021 7:44:06 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Her official title is Ghettopotamus!


80 posted on 03/26/2021 8:14:31 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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