Posted on 04/03/2021 6:53:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
Georgia passed a law that greatly expands people’s opportunities to vote. However, because it mandates Voter ID for absentee ballot requests, Democrats, led by Joe Biden, have announced that the bill is the Second Coming of Jim Crow. Joe went further and sought to destroy parts of Georgia’s economy by calling for Major League Baseball to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia. And the MLB franchise heeded that call.
One of the highlights of the baseball season is the All-Star Game, which was set to be played on July 13 in Atlanta. Since 1933, midway through the MLB season, fans pick their favorites from the American League and the National League and then the chosen stars compete. I’m not a baseball fan but I’m willing to bet that, in terms of ad revenue and merchandise sales, it’s an important part of the business end of pro-baseball. And it certainly brings revenue to the city hosting it.
On Thursday, Biden made one of his little scripted appearances, this time on ESPN. It’s worth noting that ESPN, which Disney owns, long ago transferred its allegiance from sports to leftism with a serving of sports on the side. Trump, who was a fine athlete when he was young, was never allowed near ESPN.
Sage Steele, ESPN’s interviewer, told Biden that
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My opinion is that Commissioner made the decision to please the leadership of baseball players' union...I do not think Manfred really cared about what Joe Biden said...But, he did care about what Tony Clark said...
Clark is the head of the players' union...He suggested that All Star game be moved...
Manfred wants to get along with the union...Moving the All Star game is a small price to pay to get along with the union...
Yaz, Reggie, Rollie (and as a pitcher, I tried to grow a handlebar mustache), Tony C (what if...?), Billy C, Rice, Fisk, The Bird, Munson, many others like Nolan Ryan and El Tiante. Baseball was my game in high school..
The Cricket Hall of Fame is in Hartford, CT. Hartford would love to build a new Hall of Fame (It was on the second floor of a West Indian restaurant, IIRC). Hartford has more West Indians than most cities and they have Cricket pitches...
And that’s one of the reasons they support the left’s social and political causes. They see the bad numbers in the younger age groups and are trying to fix that by appealing to the “woke” younger crowd and they are willing to sacrifice the very country that gave them their existence in the hunt for dollars.
It’s not going to work. All they will manage to do is to drive away conservative millennials such as myself while gaining almost no one new.
Yes, I can see that being a significant part of it in this case.
I just don’t think we can or should put all the blame on outside pressure like we used to. The culture has changed and to fight we have to acknowledge that.
Everyone, spend time with your family, spend time with your kids, spend time with your spouse. The Chinese virus shows that time is precious.
Turn off the boob tube. Stop following Fake News on TV and the Internet. Buy local from your neighbors and your town. Tell corporate American to go screw itself.
Start local activities, build your community. Tell Washington to go screw itself.
Help those less fortunate than you, fight evil influences in America. Tell Resident Biden* to go screw himself.
In this era, pro sports time needs to be redirected into range time, :)
We need to stop being lulled by Bread and Circuses.
I eventually let both back into my heart after a little while.
Not this time. I'm done with both.
Giving the finger to customers worked for newspapers...
Giving the finger to fans worked for the NFL and NASCAR...
JC Penney
and FoxNews...
I’m sure it’ll work for MLB too... /s
Don’t bet on it.
Wanna bet Deep State finds a way to funnel money to MLB for services rendered...?
He did that so he wouldn’t have to try to throw out the first pitch at some game.
It is good not to hate people and I try to avoid being overcome with such feelings which are self-defeating in general as they just add to the pain inflicted by the object of the hatred. But disapproval may be too polite. I despise him.
You are too nice to him.
Good. All leftist orgs or companies need to cease to exist.
Death to Corporate Sports.
I’d rather have Sleepy Joe kill the NBA.
One thing is for sure. Biden and the MLB hate us.
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