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.
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Other states will pass this law? If so, the only place where the All-Star game would be played in blue states?
States should ban MLB. Let just put an end to it.
Go ahead. See if I care.
Let’s hope they do so MLB can get on the slide next to the NFL and NBA as all three hold their woke hands and go down at once.
Hey MLB, you go woke and you too will be treated like the NBA after they went stoopid. WE will tune out and abandon your silly game.
Last year, after the kneeling, I put my Orioles t-shirts and hats in a box and did not souch as tune into a game on the AM. If MLB goes through with continued cultural arsonism, I will drop that box at the local Goodwill.
Yes..Milford (MA) Daily News:
>>Because of the 12% capacity cap in place at the ballpark, as mandated by the state, and the excitement to start a new season, prices for available Opening Day tickets have exploded on ticket-seller sites.
On Vivid Seats, the least expensive ticket was $508 for bleachers section 41, and you have to buy a pair. For the right field box? A pair at $1,087 each. Stub Hub prices started at $809 each for a pair.
The biggest problem MLB has is a lack of marketable players, who can even name ten modern-day ballplayers? The best players were household names back in the day.
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