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MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law

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Eupher:

--- Quote from: Zathras on April 03, 2021, 01:35:11 PM ---Once again weak people bend the knee to Social Justice Woke crown. Doesn't matter to me as I wouldn't be watching the All Star game anyway.

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Neither would I. Mrs. E and I have invested our time and $$ in minor league baseball, when and where we attend a game in our area. Just as much fun, and a helluva lot cheaper!

freedumb2003b:
mlb will follow nascar, the nba and nfl down the drain

Eupher:

--- Quote from: freedumb2003b on April 03, 2021, 02:51:49 PM ---mlb will follow nascar, the nba and nfl down the drain

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I'm starting to think that Charles Barkley is the only sane former pro sports player left. BTW, has Dennis Rodman been back to North Korea lately? I think he's due.

Ptarmigan:
Atlanta Demographics
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/atlantacitygeorgia

Race 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/PST045219

Race 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%

Ptarmigan:
MLB commissioner decided to move All-Star Game after pressure from Stacey Abrams on voting issues: sources
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stacey-abrams-urged-mlb-commissioner-move-all-star-game


--- Quote ---Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Robert Manfred decided to move the All-Star Game on his own after holding extensive discussions with voting rights groups associated with Lebron James, Stacey Abrams and Rev. Al Sharpton, sources familiar with the move tell Fox News.

Abrams told a senior league official that she wanted him to denounce the Georgia voting rights law, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. People associated with Sharpton's civil rights organization, and James's voting right group, "More than a Vote" also pressured league officials, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

After these conversations, Manfred believed the All Star game would be turned into a political event and players would boycott the game, these people say.  Baseball sources say that Abrams’ current stance, that she is disappointed about the Georgia boycott, is suspect because she was among the most prominent political operatives to pressure the league to denounce the new law. James has publicly supported the Georgia boycott.
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How to alienate fans.

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