Posted on 04/09/2021 5:47:15 AM PDT by Beave Meister
Britain's Prince Philip Dies at 99 Home | America Tags: Voting Rights | fay vincent | mlb | baseball | manfred | all star Ex-MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent Rips Decision to Move All-Star Game Ex-MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent Rips Decision to Move All-Star Game Then-MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent stands on the field before a circa 1990 game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) By Jeffrey Rodack | Tuesday, 06 April 2021 02:50 PM
Comment|Print| A A Former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent says current MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made "a serious mistake" by rushing to move the All-Star game out of Atlanta.
Vincent’s remarks came in a column posted by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
"Major League Baseball decided last week to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta after the Georgia Legislature passed changes to the state’s voting laws that many, including President (Joe) Biden, called racist," he said.
"Activists urged Commissioner Robert Manfred to punish Georgia. By rushing to do so without first protesting the substance of the law, Mr. Manfred made a serious mistake.
"Organizations like Major League Baseball have sometimes participated in public debates over policy. Moving directly to an economic sanction suggests that Mr. Manfred believed the Georgia law required drastic intervention. But consider what he didn’t do: He didn’t limit the number of home games the Atlanta Braves will play. He’d need the approval of the players’ union to do that, and Braves owner John Malone would surely resist.
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Hmm...sounds like Vincent’s only complaint is that Manfred “rushed into it” and did not get approval from all the owners. I think he should have said “MLB(LM) has no business dictating to a franchise city about the laws they choose to pass”.
I don’t think so. I believe Vincent was pretty direct in his opinion. “Major League Baseball can’t become a weapon in the culture wars, a hostage for one political party or ideology. It can’t be only for the rich or the poor, nor can it only be for one race, as it was until 1947. Baseball must always stand above politics and its dark elements of corruption, greed and sordid selfishness. It can’t go wrong by standing for national greatness.”
Thanks, I missed that part. It looked to me that he was only complaining about the unilateral nature of Manfred’s decision.
There must be a reason why it is called a “knee-jerk” reaction, and not a “knee-genius” reaction.
Something tells me Manfred has “something” in his past that he is hiding. His decision to cave as quickly as he did has a rancid odor to it.
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