MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law
Major League Baseball is moving the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 draft out of Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law that critics say unfairly limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color.
"Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game and MLB Draft."
The decision follows calls from as the White House to consider moving the midsummer classic out of Atlanta.
In his statement, Manfred said MLB "fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box." Manfred said MLB would continue to celebrate the memory of Hank Aaron, who died in January, during the All-Star festivities.
No new site for the All-Star Game or draft were announced. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother:
Well I'd say the same about "Trumpers" too. Imagine putting your faith in a politician .Society is broken.
Every single one of your posts is pretty much exactly the same. Which is totally fine but I figure you would want a little variety in your life. It is actually amazing you went a single post without using the word pathetic. [Reply]
Originally Posted by |Zach|:
Every single one of your posts is pretty much exactly the same. Which is totally fine but I figure you would want a little variety in your life. It is actually amazing you went a single post without using the word pathetic.
I find him to be level headed. Idolizing a politician is for losers.
Originally Posted by eDave:
I find him to be level headed. Idolizing a politician is for losers.
It really is.
Just figure there would be a single idea beyond that but hey everyone gets to post what they want. Maybe there is some macro button where "imagine having your self worth wrapped up in..." is typed automatically so he does not have to do it every single time for his singular thought he puts out to the board. [Reply]
Originally Posted by |Zach|:
Just figure there would be a single idea beyond that but hey everyone gets to post what they want. Maybe there is some macro button where "imagine having your self worth wrapped up in..." is typed automatically so he does not have to do it every single time for his singular thought he puts out to the board.
Drive-by posters are just noise. It's a normal occurrence in even the most basic of communication process flowcharts. [Reply]
“I didn’t say that very artfully yesterday. They’re certainly entitled to be involved in politics. They are. My principal complaint is they didn’t read the darn bill,” McConnell said Wednesday at a press conference in Paducah, Kentucky.
Moscow Mitch played chicken with donor money and lost. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
hmm Interesting
The ability to play games with language allows groups to come up with things like this. Cutting down early voting by any amount of time is easily equated to curbing voting rights through the manipulation of language, even though it doesn't actually do anything to actually curb voting rights in any way that the prior law didn't also do. [Reply]
