(04-09-2021 09:34 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:57 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:20 PM)fsquid Wrote:  He ain't wrong though.

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I think he permanently damaged the brand. The only way to salvage it is for baseball to fire him.

Nah, people will continue to watch their team. Sure, maybe the national games will suffer, but the regional TV ratings will be fine.

Many casual fans will fall away.

Ehh, you guys returned to Target. You'll be back

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There are infinite places to spend your entertainment dollar.
Target vs. Walmart vs. Amazon?

(04-09-2021 09:34 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:57 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:20 PM)fsquid Wrote:  He ain't wrong though.
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I think he permanently damaged the brand. The only way to salvage it is for baseball to fire him.

Nah, people will continue to watch their team. Sure, maybe the national games will suffer, but the regional TV ratings will be fine.

Many casual fans will fall away.

Ehh, you guys returned to Target. You'll be back
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Trying to remember the last time I was in a Target. It's been several years.

(04-09-2021 10:11 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:34 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:57 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  I think he permanently damaged the brand. The only way to salvage it is for baseball to fire him.

Nah, people will continue to watch their team. Sure, maybe the national games will suffer, but the regional TV ratings will be fine.

Many casual fans will fall away.

Ehh, you guys returned to Target. You'll be back
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Trying to remember the last time I was in a Target. It's been several years.

Then the bathroom **** did not effect you.

Baseball is regional, based on the crowd at the Rangers game tonight, not really effecting locally.

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(04-09-2021 09:34 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:57 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:20 PM)fsquid Wrote:  He ain't wrong though.

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I think he permanently damaged the brand. The only way to salvage it is for baseball to fire him.

Nah, people will continue to watch their team. Sure, maybe the national games will suffer, but the regional TV ratings will be fine.

Many casual fans will fall away.

Ehh, you guys returned to Target. You'll be back

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Nope.

F him and his virtue signaling as s. Stealing elections has consequences or something like that.

(04-09-2021 10:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 10:11 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:34 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 09:15 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 08:57 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Nah, people will continue to watch their team. Sure, maybe the national games will suffer, but the regional TV ratings will be fine.

Many casual fans will fall away.

Ehh, you guys returned to Target. You'll be back
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Trying to remember the last time I was in a Target. It's been several years.

Then the bathroom **** did not effect you.

Baseball is regional, based on the crowd at the Rangers game tonight, not really effecting locally.

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I think part of that is because people are over this Covid nonsense and ready to be back out doing things. Seems most teams are at 20-33% capacity and going to increase little by little as the season progresses. Oh and lots of folks in the crowds aren’t wearing masks.

(04-09-2021 08:17 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(04-09-2021 01:38 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  He made the right move. In 2 weeks you guys will be upset about something completely new. If he kept it in Atlanta, he has to deal with backlash for 4 months.

I guess it depends on the meaning of “you guys” and “upset”. You may define those concepts differently than me. And either way, I suppose time will tell what the short-term and long-term consequences of this (moving the game away from Atlanta) will be.

I think MLB has just told about half of its fan base to #uck off and die, in order to curry favor with Lebron James, Al Sharpton, and Stacey Abrams. Curious decision, but I guess they gotta do what they gotta do.

I just may have to keep on enjoying KBO. The NC Dinos are fun to watch. It's an easy league to pick up. It's a CFB type atmosphere at the games there. And not once -- let me say that again -- NOT ONCE -- will the Koreans be talking about American politics during the broadcast.

Quote:A majority of Democrats agree with Major League Baseball’s (MLB) political decision to pull the All-Star game and Draft from Atlanta over the state’s recent election law, but a plurality of black voters consider it a bad decision, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday showed.

The survey, taken April 7-8, among 1,000 likely U.S. voters, asked respondents if they believed it was a “good idea or a bad idea” for the MLB to move the All-Star game and Draft to Denver following the passage of the Peach State’s election law, which, despite popular belief, expands voting in some areas.

While a plurality of respondents across the board, 44 percent, said it was a bad idea, 40 percent said it was a good idea, and 16 percent said they remain unsure. A majority of Democrats, however, 60 percent, said the decision was a good idea compared to 62 percent of Republicans who said the opposite. Fifty-one percent of those unaffiliated with either major political party deemed the MLB’s decision “bad.”

A plurality of black voters, whom Democrats claim will be negatively impacted by Georgia’s election integrity measure, also believe the decision was “bad” (45 percent), while 40 percent said it was good — a gap outside of the survey’s +/-3 percent margin of error.

The survey also asked, “In general, is it a good idea or a bad idea for athletes and sports teams to get involved in political controversies?”

Fifty-seven percent across the board said it is a “bad” idea, a sentiment held by both Republicans (77 percent) and those unaffiliated with either major political party (62 percent). Fifty-six percent of Democrats believe it is a good idea for athletes and sports teams to insert themselves in political controversies.

Other surveys show a majority of voters, including black and Latino voters, supporting basic election integrity measures, including requiring a form of identification.

MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred claimed they made the decision to pull the All-Star game and Draft from Atlanta “after discussions with the MLB Players Association and its Players Alliance.”

As GOP proponents have pointed out, Georgia’s election integrity law actually expands early voting by way of increasing the mandatory days of early weekend voting, reforms voter ID requirements, and addresses concerns related to ballot drop boxes.

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(04-09-2021 01:38 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  He made the right move. In 2 weeks you guys will be upset about something completely new. If he kept it in Atlanta, he has to deal with backlash for 4 months.

Guess what? He lost me as a fan this year. Lots others like me out there.

Baseball should be proud that the guy thy chose to lead them is afraid of Stacy Abrams, Lebron James and Al Sharpton.