{"id":1941442,"date":"2023-05-31T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/welcome-to-major-league-baseballs-struggle-sessions\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:45:34","slug":"welcome-to-major-league-baseballs-struggle-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/welcome-to-major-league-baseballs-struggle-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB&#8217;s Struggle Sessions &#8211; Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwelcome-to-major-league-baseballs-struggle-sessions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Blue Jays\u2019 Anthony Bass Forced to Apologize for Supporting Boycotts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 Anthony Bass is <em>really<\/em> sorry.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Major League Baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatholicVote\/status\/1661060928979320864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">honors<\/a> men in nun costumes who hand out condoms and simulate sex on crosses \u2014 that\u2019s just \u201cinclusivity.\u201d Reactionary orthodox Christians with opinions, on the other hand, will be compelled to engage in ritual public humiliation and beg for forgiveness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1979025820\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6f8319b9b2fe2556c36a456a04f02d62 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6f8319b9b2fe2556c36a456a04f02d62\"><\/div>\n<p>Over the weekend, Bass shared a post on his Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/bluejays\/2023\/05\/30\/blue-jays-anthony-bass-shares-anti-lgbtq-video\/70268642007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoting<\/a> \u201canti-LGBTQ campaigns, which targeted boycotting Target and Bud Light because of those companies associated with the promotion of Pride campaigns.\u201d Or, at least, \u201canti-LGBTQ\u201d is how most news organizations describe boycotts against Bud Light \u2014 over the hiring of Dylan Mulvaney, who\u2019s made a career aping a daft caricature of women \u2014 and Target, which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1660986542972624896?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sells<\/a> chest binders and packing clothing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/welcome-to-major-league-baseballs-struggle-sessions\/\" title=\"MLB's Struggle Sessions - Welcome!\">markets pro-trans apparel<\/a> to kids.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Bass\u2019s scripted apology has all the earmarks of a contemporary struggle session.<\/p>\n<p>First, the confession for wrongthink:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>I recognize yesterday that I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-approves-executive-order-for-sanctions-on-myanmar-officials-in-response-to-military-coup\/\" title=\"Biden Approves Executive Order For Sanctions On Myanmar Officials In Response To Military Coup\">close family members<\/a> of mine, and I am truly sorry for that. I just spoke with my teammates and shared with them my actions yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then the apology and promise of reform:<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-89a09da957ff4227d4c1447c17551ff5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-89a09da957ff4227d4c1447c17551ff5\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>I apologized (to) them and, as of right now, I am using the Blue Jays\u2019 resources to better educate myself to make better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-ten-acc-pac-12-announce-college-football-alliance\/\" title=\"Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 Announce College Football Alliance\">decisions moving forward<\/a>. The ballpark is for everybody. We include all fans at the ballpark and we want to welcome everybody.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No one, of course, was hurt by Bass\u2019s comments supporting boycotts of a couple of multibillion-dollar corporations. As I recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/24\/its-about-time-christians-educated-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, \u201ceducate\u201d is nothing but a euphemism for ideological conformity. And anyone who values free expression should be appalled by the obvious coercion.<\/p>\n<p>Not even bowing your head to teammates and admitting bad \u201cactions\u201d is enough, though. Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters that Bass\u2019s self-flagellation would be ongoing. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to pretend like this never happened,\u201d the second-year manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeeganMatheson\/status\/1663638429870211072?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to pretend like it\u2019s the end and move on. There are definitely more steps that are going to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why should a player give a single whit about Schneider\u2019s positions on faith or sex or economic boycotts or anything else, for that matter? If he weren\u2019t such a coward, the manager would simply have noted that all people, including baseball players, are entitled to an opinion in a free country without having to worry about losing their jobs or publicly debasing themselves. Instead, a player must now not only participate in \u201cLGBTQ2S+\u201d pride\u00a0night but take lessons on how to embrace every letter (and plus sign and number).<\/p>\n<p>Then again, the point of all this isn\u2019t to punish a journeyman middle reliever. It\u2019s to chill speech and transform relatively common<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; Anthony Bass apologizes for criticizing Major League Baseball&#8217;s &#8220;inclusivity&#8221; after the league honored men in nun costumes handing out condoms and simulating sex on crosses. He suggests that those who hold orthodox Christian beliefs will be publicly humiliated and forced to apologize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":1941443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[11577,3618,13175,4908,9360],"class_list":["post-1941442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-mlbs","tag-riot","tag-sessions","tag-struggle","tag-welcome"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}