The Issue: Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia over its voting law.
When is Major League Baseball going …
The Issue: Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia over its voting law. When is Major League Baseball going to realize Commissioner Rob Manfred is a Trojan Horse ( “All-Star Game moved to Denver,” April 6)? He is single-handedly killing the national pastime. After letting the Astros get away with cheating, he forced a significant dismantling of MLB. Now, he made a reflexive decision on a divisive political issue, without regard to the damage to Atlanta’s innocent workers and fans. A new commissioner should be named immediately before any further damage is done. J. E. Frenett Rochester The Great American Pastime has been hijacked and transformed into a business that not only bilks the fan base out of their hard-earned money, but now subjects them to its political beliefs. Manfred has now decided to punish the state of Georgia by taking the All-Star Game out of Atlanta because he doesn’t like the voting-reform law it just passed. Political statements do not belong on a baseball field, where people go to escape. I was an avid fan my whole life, but now feel nothing but disappointment and contempt toward the ungrateful, overpaid players and the league they represent.
