Posted on 07/09/2021 5:52:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Major League Baseball is heading into the all-star break. Next week, it will hold its home run derby on Monday and the all-star game on Tuesday.
Both events, and various others, will be held in Denver, Colorado, not Atlanta, Georgia as originally scheduled. MLB pulled the game from Atlanta because the Georgia legislature passed election integrity reforms that Democrats don’t like and contend are racist. MLB thus inserted itself into a political disagreement and sided with the Democrats.
MLB is promoting the derby and the game hard. It’s counting on Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani to sell both. He’ll be hitting in the derby and pitching in the all-star game.
Ohtani deserves the attention he’s been getting. He leads baseball in home runs with 32, is an outstanding baserunner, and a good pitcher.
However, Ohtani doesn’t deserve to be pitching in the all-star game. There are 40 major league pitchers with more wins above replacement player (WAR) than he has. His ERA is 3.49. Ohtani’s appearance in the all-star game as a pitcher is a gimmick intended to capture viewers, not reward merit.
All of which is irrelevant to the central point. Baseball has cast its lot with Democrats in a political dispute. That’s improper from any reasonable perspective, and deeply offensive if one is a conservative.
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It was in the 2's but he had a terrible game where he gave up 7 ER in 2/3 of an inning so it shot his ERA way up. He pitched well his next game.
I have been, for many years, an avid baseball fan. But I learned last year that I can quite easily get along without sports. When MLB sided with the Democrats in Georgia, I thought I might sit out this season. When I learned that the Minnesota Twins have Black Lives Matter lettered down the left field line and a memorial to George Floyd in right field, I resolved to spend my summer on other pursuits. I have not watched, or listened to, a single pitch of the 2021 baseball season, and I don’t intend to. And I was a season ticket holder when the Twins were lousy. I don’t know how many former fans have abandoned Major League Baseball, but I am pretty sure I am not alone.
Same here. Except for the Twins season tickets.
Effff Major League Baseball.
Ohtani is definitely the story of the season to date and I have no problem with him pitching and hitting in the game. it’s a showcase game so showcase your best player.
BASED patriot puts Maga hat BACK ON while dealing with cucked New York security
...and check out the patriots sticking up for him!
I,sadly, am completely with you.
Been looking at baseball PC simulators to get my MLB fix for a while now. Looking to model players from the past that I recall as a kid, plus some of the all-time greats (flashback to my Strat-O-Matic days of the 1970s).
Don’t hate the game, hate the players.
I’m way ahead. I’ve been boycotting my favorite spectator sport for 2+ years ever since MLB went over to the dark side ( absolutely no pun intended).
Well life does change, we change so adapt with the changes
and move on. Don’t remain in the past as it is pasted.
I admit I do watch when Ohtani is batting, in Japan they follow his every move, so there are plenty of YouTube channels that show the Angels games live, so MLB still won’t get a penny from me.
There are some players I still love... Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout to name two. And there have always been flakes and political outlaws in MLB... look at Ty Cobb! But Manfred and many GMs... ugh. Kowtowing to political correctness and losing their long-time fans.
go woke lose my interest.
Will any players take a knee during the National Anthem?
I am a life long Dodger fan. Oh well.
Grew up in Baltimore and we were able to walk to Memorial Stadium (I would not do that now!). Lived in SoCal for fifteen years and attended many many Angels games and the occasional Dodgers game too (harder to get tickets for Dodgers games and the drive was a hassle). Am now on the East Coast and my daughter lives and works in DC so also went to a lot of Nats games. Other daughter is in New York so Mets and Yankees games too. But not for two years now.....
WAR is not a real stat
I also LOVE baseball, and it's been hard for me staying away from the game, but I've turned my back (at least for this season). Get woke and I walk.
Jacob deGrom of the Mets is having one of the greatest seasons in baseball history, but he has chosen to skip the All Star Game. Apparently baseball can’t compel its players to attend the game. Why should we fans care if some top players dont care enough to show up?
I remember one year, Derek Jeter was voted in as the starting shortstop by the fans , and he too chose to reject the honor of being an All Star.
Interleague Play has pretty much killed the need for the All-Star Game.
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