Texas Governor Abbott Won't Throw Rangers First Pitch, Cites MLB 'False Narrative' about the election law reforms in Georgia

Sports Illustrated ^ | 04/05/2021 | Chris Halicke

[SeekAndFind]

[G Larry]

Write in Donald J. Trump on ALL MLB All-Star Ballots!!!!!

Either Right Field or Pitcher.

[rktman]

Probably won’t be tossing them out of TX either.

[mylife]

Good on Greg! and its hard to throw the opening pitch in a wheelchair.

[brownsfan]

Very cool.

[Red6]

Another form of taking a knee.

Sports is now partisan politics, and it’s so popular because that is one of the places people flee to in order to get away from the stupidity around them.

MLB deserves whatever follows.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Awesome. I'm happy to see that he didn't just decline but that he actually gave the specific reasons. The Democrats, thanks to the Alphabets, can lie with impunity. We need more people to call them out on their lies.

I wish someone would remind the Black folks that the Democrats kept them underfoot for years, even obstructing the civil rights act. Fair voting ensures civil rights for all. When you steal a vote, you are stealing it from an honest citizen.

[a fool in paradise]

What excuse did Joe Biden use?

[1Old Pro]

More signs that SOME in the GOP are waking up (too late) and fighting back, albeit weakly.

[1Old Pro]

its hard to throw the opening pitch in a wheelchair.

I'd bet he's better than Fauci and Obama :)

[eyeamok]

Who owns the Stadium?? Were Taxpayer Funds used to build it?

[FES0844]

Bravo!

[Jrabbit]

Excellent 👍

[Jrabbit]

Not amusing 🙄

[Fido969]

MLB has pretty much given up on growth in American interest in baseball, and looks to its future in China, where there are over a billion potential fans.

As such, they are wholeheartedly throwing their weight behind the Democrats, who will give the American store away in order to increase relations with the CCP.

MLB says they talked to "players, ownership and MLB staff" before making the decision.

You can bet that the essence of that "conversation" was:

"Hey look, we can make billions guaranteed in China if we can just stick it to Trump and those Republicans who want to "put America first". So, what do you say we stick it to the fair election laws that will hurt the Democrat party? To get deals with China we want Democrats in power!"

A moral decision? They sure won't be boycotting the CCP where there are NO voting rights, and their pursuit of "justice" stops at refusing to use slave labor to make their MLB merchandise.

It's so transparent it's pathetic.

[OrangeHoof]

I like Gov. Abbott but I don’t approve of this. Why condemn MLB for making a political response when your response also reeks of politics? The correct response might have been to lead by example and throw out the first pitch yet condemn the role of politics played by MLB?

[TexasGunLover]

Who owns the Stadium?? Were Taxpayer Funds used to build it?

Blue voters. Tarrant county is now solid blue after voting for Biden and was turned purple by Beto in 2018.

[monkeyshine]

Good. When the other side are bad sportsmen it’s OK to pick up the ball and go home.

[monkeyshine]

I hear what you are saying but not sure that is the correct response.

After all Abbott is a politician. The MLB is not. Turf war. The media and cancel culture are being very bad sports, pardon the pun. Don’t play ball with them.

[Texas Eagle]

Behold as demonicRATS accuse Abbott of politicizing sports.