{"id":2101842,"date":"2023-11-17T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-crawls-back-to-atlanta-for-all-star-game-but-wont-give-georgians-the-apology-theyre-owed\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:19:47","slug":"mlb-crawls-back-to-atlanta-for-all-star-game-but-wont-give-georgians-the-apology-theyre-owed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-crawls-back-to-atlanta-for-all-star-game-but-wont-give-georgians-the-apology-theyre-owed\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB returns to Atlanta for All-Star Game, but no apology for Georgians."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmlb-crawls-back-to-atlanta-for-all-star-game-but-wont-give-georgians-the-apology-theyre-owed%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=2101842&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>MLB Announces \u2063Return of All-Star Game to\u2062 Atlanta in 2025<\/h2>\n<h3>No Apology from Commissioner\u2062 Rob Manfred<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, Major\u2064 League Baseball commissioner \u2062Rob Manfred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/press-release\/press-release-mlb-awards-the-2025-all-star-game-to-the-atlanta-braves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that the league will be moving its annual All-Star Game and accompanying All-Star Week back to Atlanta \u200bin 2025. What baseball fans didn\u2019t \u2062hear from Manfred, however, was an apology.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the MLB\u2064 and Manfred moved the league\u2019s \u2062All-Star operations from Atlanta to Denver, Colorado, following pressure\u2063 from\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/stacey-abrams-urged-mlb-commissioner-move-all-star-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high-profile Democrats<\/a> to \u2063pull out of Georgia in protest of state Republicans\u2019 voting law,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/GA\/text\/SB202\/id\/2348602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 202<\/a>. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/06\/mlb-still-wont-apologize-after-damaging-georgias-economy-with-election-law-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">containing<\/a> commonsense provisions such as voter ID \u200drequirements\u200d for absentee voting, SB 202\u2019s passage prompted\u2062 Democrats to launch an \u2064unhinged smear campaign against the law. This \u200dincluded baseless accusations \u2063that the statute would \u201csuppress\u201d non-white voters and harm \u201cvoting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most\u200c egregious attack, however, came from President Joe \u200bBiden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/26\/biden-hosts-atlanta-braves-at-white-house-after-pushing-mlb-to-boycott-their-city-for-all-star-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grossly labeled<\/a> SB\u2062 202 as \u2064\u201cJim\u200b Crow on steroids\u201d and\u2064 called on the MLB to pull \u200dits All-Star events out \u200cof Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Manfred\u2064 acquiesced to the \u200cpresident\u2019s demands not\u2062 long after. \u2062In his statement announcing the move, the commissioner regurgitated Democrat \u2064talking\u2064 points by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/2021-all-star-game-draft-relocated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsely claiming<\/a> SB\u2064 202 created \u201crestrictions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-crawls-back-to-atlanta-for-all-star-game-but-wont-give-georgians-the-apology-theyre-owed\/\" title=\"MLB returns to Atlanta for All-Star Game, but no apology for Georgians.\">ballot box\u201d hindering citizens\u2019 ability<\/a> to vote. He also asserted the company\u2019s decision represented \u201cthe best way to \u200cdemonstrate our values as\u200b a sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Manfred \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/atlanta-host-2025-mlb-all-star-game-outcry-georgias-voting-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> bringing the league\u2019s All-Star events back to Atlanta would \u201ccertainly \u200cbe an option at some \u2062point in the future,\u201d but that he would \u2062first \u201cneed to see\u201d change before that could happen.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB\u200b did not respond to The \u2062Federalist\u2019s request for comment on what made Manfred change his mind about moving the league\u2019s All-Star events back to\u2064 Atlanta, \u200deven as SB \u2063202 remains \u200bGeorgia \u2062law.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200b it wasn\u2019t just Georgians\u2019 faith in their state\u2019s election system that was\u2062 damaged \u200cby the MLB and \u200cDemocrats\u2019 vicious lies. The league\u2019s decision \u200bto pull out of\u2063 Atlanta also\u2062 significantly harmed\u2064 Georgia\u2019s economy.\u2062 Some business leaders\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/mlb-all-star-game-atlanta-small-businesses-crushing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a> the MLB\u2019s move\u2064 cost\u200c the state \u201cupwards of $100 million\u201d in lost \u200drevenue.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to \u2064the \u2064MLB\u2062 and Democrats\u2019 slanderous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpc.senate.gov\/policy-papers\/myth-v-fact-georgias-election-integrity-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims<\/a> the law would suppress Georgians\u2019\u200c ability to \u2063vote, the state saw <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/05\/georgia-election-integrity-reforms-are-driving-runoff-turnout-not-suppressing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oops-media-warned-of-jim-crow-2-0-now-black-turnout-is-soaring\/\" title=\"OOPS: Media Warned of \u2018Jim Crow 2.0,\u2019 Now Black Turnout Is Soaring\">record early voter turnout<\/a><\/a> for\u2063 the \u200d2022 midterms and subsequent Senate runoff \u2064election. A poll conducted after the midterms also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/23\/poll-0-black-voters-say-they-had-poor-experience-voting-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that <strong>zero\u200d percent<\/strong> of black Georgia voters said they had a \u200c\u201cpoor\u201d\u200d experience voting \u2063in the \u20642022 contest.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a Georgia district court judge \u200cstruck down a Democrat-backed challenge to SB 202 last month. In denying the request that an \u200dinjunction be \u2062placed on the law, \u2062Judge J.P. Boulee <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/12\/court-no-evidence-georgias-election-integrity-law-discriminates-against-black-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> that the Biden \u2063administration and Democrat plaintiffs\u200c were unable to provide any evidence showing\u2062 that\u2062 SB 202 discriminates against\u200b black voters.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB did not respond to The Federalist\u2019s \u2062request for comment on whether \u2062the league or Manfred will apologize for falsely claiming SB 202 would restrict Georgians\u2019\u200d ability to vote and for the \u2062economic harm the league\u2019s decision caused the state of \u200bGeorgia and its residents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for \u2064The \u200bFederalist and a \u200dgraduate of the University of \u200bMary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and\u200d his \u200cwork \u2064has \u2063been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics,\u200c RealClearHealth, and \u200dConservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Should \u2063Commissioner Rob Manfred apologize for the MLB&#8217;s decision to pull out of Atlanta\u2063 for the All-Star Game?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Nd \u200dhigh levels of voter participation overall. The idea \u200dthat SB 202 was a deliberate attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-backs-georgia-in-fight-against-doj-over-election-reforms\/\" title=\"Arizona Backs Georgia In Fight Against DOJ Over Election Reforms\">disenfranchise minority voters<\/a> was\u2063 a baseless \u2064accusation\u2063 that was used to justify \u2064the MLB&#8217;s decision \u200bto move the All-Star \u2062Game.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the announcement that \u200cthe All-Star \u200bGame will be returning to Atlanta in 2025, the\u200c question remains: why no apology from Commissioner \u200dRob \u200bManfred?<\/p>\n<p>It is disappointing that Manfred, who\u2063 represents one of the most prestigious sports leagues in the world, has failed to \u2064take responsibility for \u2063the harm caused by the MLB&#8217;s decision to pull out of Atlanta. By\u2064 not issuing an apology, Manfred \u2064is refusing \u2064to acknowledge the damage done to Georgia&#8217;s reputation and economy.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of \u2064the MLB&#8217;s decision was not\u200b limited\u2062 to the state&#8217;s image. Small \u2063businesses in Atlanta, which had been\u2062 preparing\u2063 for the influx of fans and revenue that the All-Star Game would bring, suffered significant\u2063 financial losses. Estimates suggest that these businesses lost\u200c upwards of $100 million as a \u200dresult of the\u200c MLB&#8217;s relocation.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB&#8217;s unwillingness to apologize also sends\u200d a message that it is willing\u2062 to succumb to political pressure and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-kolfage-one-florida-school-combated-covid-by-going-back-to-normal-as-a-result-the-children-and-teachers-are-safe-and-happy\/\" title=\"Brian Kolfage: One Florida School Combated COVID By Going Back to Normal \u2013 As a Result the Children and Teachers Are Safe and Happy\">make decisions based<\/a> on false narratives rather than facts. By accepting \u200cthe false claims made by high-profile Democrats and \u2062labeling SB 202 as voter suppression, Manfred demonstrated a lack of critical thinking and due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s election laws have been\u200d the subject of intense \u2063scrutiny and controversy. However, it is important to separate fact from fiction when discussing \u2063these \u2064laws. Contrary to the claims made by critics, the state&#8217;s election integrity \u200dreforms have actually led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-states-have-already-made-universal-mail-in-ballots-permanent\/\" title=\"Eight States Have Already Made Universal Mail-In Ballots Permanent\u00a0\">increased voter turnout<\/a>, not suppression.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB&#8217;s decision to move the All-Star Game was not based on a thorough examination of the facts and was instead \u200cinfluenced by political \u2064pressure. This raises \u200dquestions about the\u200b impartiality and integrity of the league.<\/p>\n<p>An apology from Commissioner Rob Manfred would have been a step towards rebuilding trust and rectifying the\u200c damage caused by the MLB&#8217;s decision. It \u200cwould have shown a willingness to admit mistakes \u2064and take responsibility for the consequences of those mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it seems that the MLB and Manfred are more concerned with appeasing a \u2064certain \u200dpolitical ideology than with the well-being of the sport and its fans. The absence of an\u200c apology is a missed opportunity \u2062to demonstrate integrity and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Moving\u2062 forward, it is important for the MLB\u2064 to prioritize the sport and \u2064its fans \u2064over political considerations. It\u200c should strive to make decisions based on \u200cfacts and evidence rather than succumbing to pressure from partisan voices.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 the MLB\u200b prepares to\u2064 return to Atlanta in 2025, one\u200d can only hope that it will learn from the mistakes \u2062of the past and conduct itself with the professionalism and fairness that fans deserve. An apology from Commissioner Rob Manfred would have \u2063been a\u200d meaningful step towards that goal, but unfortunately, it appears \u200dthat\u2064 the opportunity \u2064has been \u200cmissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the league will be moving its annual All-Star Game and accompanying All-Star Week back to Atlanta in 2025. What baseball fans didn\u2019t hear from Manfred, however, was an apology. 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