Posted on 10/03/2021 8:03:00 AM PDT by be-baw
I've watched a ton of baseball games this year, and haven't seen any instances of "Social Justice" BS. Just baseball.
About the only overt "Social Justice" garbage I can recall was when some teams had "Black Lives Matter" carved into their pitching mounds during Opening Day last year. But that was gone right quick.
Baseball's getting a raw deal being lumped in with the NBA and NFL, the real "Social Justice" crusaders.
OK...but by watching such a contest you increase the chance that they’ll both win.
See Post #42
Interesting how you know that site so well. Biggest group of virtual signalers, scolds and nags I’ve ever seen. You’d be right at home! Whats your screen name?
And I sure don't want to face the Cardinals in a one-game playoff.
Wasn’t it Bucky F’ing Dent?
Here in New England the local baseball teams (Red Sox, Yankees, Mets) are a lot more lefty wacko virtue signalers.
—Vaxx propaganda, on and on and on, especially pushing it on the “minority community”
—Special honors for almost always retired black players, occasionally hispanic players.
—Pushing “charities”, many of which have leftist agitation agendas (some blatant, some more hidden).
—A BLM sign here and there.
—Periodic whining about “disadvantaged communities”.
—Special pervert ticket promotions from time to time (with pervert propaganda inserted).
Overall—not pretty—enemy occupied territory.
That was what he was called up in Boston.
Every sport has had its rich, goofy ownership and management; i'm not talking about weird choices in stadium or street decor.
As I said, I've watched a lot of baseball this year, I've simply not heard or seen any "Social Justice Warriors" on the diamond at all. Certainly not the overt displays the NBA and NFL persist in making.
However, your mileage may differ, of course.
See my #70. I’m talking about the field of play, not the boardrooms and offices. The boardrooms and offices have always been nuts. :)
Yep I’ve heard that too, that “analytics” guys are making decisions, and call down to the dugout to tell the manager what to do.
In the past anyway, the manager made the decisions about when to pinch hit for someone, who the pinch hitter would be, when to change pitchers, and who the relief pitcher would be.
It’s got to be hard to be a manager nowadays, if a move results in losing the game, yet you are at the post game press conference having to explain why you brought in a certain relief pitcher at a certain time, etc. If it’s not your own decision, that’s got to be hard to defend.
Sports reporting and analysis: money for nothing.
Do advertisements and announcements on the stadium scoreboards count as “the field of play”?
Most of the items I mentioned fit in that category.
No, it certainly is virtue signaling when you publicly act as if you have no idea what MLB is or if they are playing. Who says conservatives don’t virtue signal? It’s not just for liberals
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Get off your pity party high horse Karen.
I guess what I'm mainly getting at is the NBA and NFL seem to be saturated with "activism," while baseball has just basically been playing baseball this season.
“NBA and NFL seem to be saturated with “activism,” while baseball has just basically been playing baseball this season. “
Exactly right. And I appreciate it.
Play ball!
Astros won a ‘thriller’ of their own, last night. So many GREAT plays.
Not to stay alive, but to clinch home field advantage.
Today is a great baseball day.
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