'All Strikes & No Balls' billboard in NYC slams MLB's decision on all-star game
https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/all-strikes-no-balls-billboard-nyc-slams-mlbs-decision-all-star-gameThe prominent small business group Job Creators Network is placing a billboard in Manhattan demanding Major League Baseball return its all-star game to Atlanta, saying the decision to move the event unnecessarily hurt black small businesses and amounted to "all strikes & no balls."
The billboard, set to go up Monday near MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's office, urges viewers to go to a Web site called MLBfail.com where Job Creators Network lays out the economic consequences of the decision to protest Georgia's new election integrity law by moving the all-star game to Colorado.
"Hey Rob, All Strikes & No Balls," the billboard reads. "MLB all-star pullout cost Georgia $100,000,000. Hurting mostly minority-owned small businesses... Move it Back NOW."
A spokesman for MLB did not immediately return a call Saturday seeking comment.
Atlanta Demographics
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/atlantacitygeorgiaRace and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent 40.9%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) 51.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 0.3%
Asian alone, percent(a) 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 4.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 38.3%
Denver
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/denvercitycolorado,denvercountycolorado/PST045219Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent 80.9%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) 9.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 1.7%
Asian alone, percent(a) 4.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 29.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 54.9%