All Star Game Moved from Atlanta

[Fman99]

Yes I meant that actually after I hit Submit, less than half.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=Fman99 post_id=59546 time=1617670796 user_id=86]
Right. Maybe if you want to host that big fancy All Star game, don't pass laws discriminating against half of your state's population.

[G-Fafif]

[bmfc1]

If Pete makes the team, he gets another Home Run Derby.

[LWFS]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, a lot of the preparation is the responsibility of the city and state. Beyond that, I wouldn't be so quick to absolve Liberty Media.

Move the stadium out of the city to Cobb County, on the taxpayers' dime? Then put out THAT statement? Yeah, no, I'm not forgetting.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It might have been a better solution to have the Braves keep the game, but allow or even encourage, the players to wear some kind of personal statement on their jerseys.

Here's an ever better idea: let's let Braves players put some black tape over their 2021 All-Star Game commemorative uniform patches.



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Fuck the Braves and their new White Flight Stadium and fuck Georgia. Also, the Braves were like the only MLB team to opt-out and not participate in MLB's Get Out the Vote 2020 program. Even the Texas Rangers participated.

Edited April 6, 2021 by Guest

[Willets Point]

White tape would be more apropos.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's outrageous that someone would defend a law that, among other things, gives Georgia's heavily gerrymandered Republican State legislature the right to overturn a county's election results if it doesn't like the results. Did Georgia consult with Michigan and its use of emergency managers for that idea?

[Ceetar]

Why would any team want this All-Star Game, having been pulled from another team with few of the benefits that go with hosting a game? It might have been a better solution to have the Braves keep the game, but allow or even encourage, the players to wear some kind of personal statement on their jerseys. Why would another team want to host a future game, knowing it takes at least a year of preparation and could be pulled away at nearly the last minute for reasons that have nothing to do with the team?

Why would Dick Monfort want to curry favor with the league, help out, be a good MLB citizen? Maybe so they look the other way as he bumbles the franchise around? I don't think the Wilpons ever really got to the point where they would've been forced to sell, but being good buddies with MLB and playing nice and abiding by unwritten draft rules, letting them test statcast or anything else, humidors, etc, etc and all that rich boys club stuff certainly gave them a buffer that others might not have had.

[Edgy MD]

I guess MLB managed to find somebody who wanted the game.



And the draft.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Why would anyone ever wanna buy a house knowing that Mother Nature could destroy it through no fault of the homeowner? Why would anyone ever wanna get out of bed knowing they're gonna be sleepy all over again in a few hours, anyways?

[Ceetar]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=59773 time=1617731513 user_id=68]
Why would anyone ever wanna buy a house knowing that Mother Nature could destroy it through no fault of the homeowner?

[batmagadanleadoff]

=bmfc1 post_id=59655 time=1617676072 user_id=73]
If Pete makes the team, he gets another Home Run Derby.

[Frayed Knot]

No

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: No

I didnt think so but couldnt find a straight answer on the web.