[Charles Henrickson]

. . . he was a big Dukakis supporter during the 1988 campaign.

Ethnic pride was probably a big factor in that for Bobby the Greek.

Costas is knowledgeable about baseball history and he loves the game, I'll give him that much.

But Mr. & Mrs. Sarandon are known to politicize events they attend, so I can understand the Hall cancelling the event.

What I can't understand is why they scheduled a 15th anniversary celebration for a movie like Bull Durham in the first place!?! What were they thinking? Was this a Bud "Larry" Selig P.C. decision, like retiring Jackie Robinson's number all across baseball?

If they wanted to pick a more wholesome movie to honor, one that conveys a real love for baseball, they could have picked either "The Sandlot" or "The Rookie."

[xp38]

While there is a very close working relationship the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball are separate entities. Over the years watching Costas I knew he leaned left so this is no surprise to me. Fortunately right now Fox owns the rights to Major League Baseball so no sight of Costas at least there. In fact its been a long time since I have watched much of NBC sports since apart from NASCAR and the Olympics they have shed all their sports properties. I don't watch the NBC version of the Olympics since I have a choice to watch the Canadian version up here and Costas knows squat about NASCAR.

[Paleo Conservative]

What I can't understand is why they scheduled a 15th anniversary celebration for a movie like Bull Durham in the first place!?! What were they thinking?

I would imagine the would be much more likely to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bull Durham than Eight Men Out, even though it was a better movie.