Yeah, you may be right. Still, a lot of people will probably demand them to move, even if they say that they don't agree with the law. Most likely, they will temporarily drop the Atlanta name until enough time has passed.
They can still move...just to another stadium away from Georgia. Probably not likely, but there's all sorts of options to avoid or minimize the impending PR disaster.
"Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets!"-SpongebobAlready posted this in the US politics fourm, but Governor Abbott of Texas will not throw the 1st pitch at the Rangers home opener today, due to MLB's recent actions in Georgia. With the game a few hours away (3:15 central time), no one has offered publicly to replace him. I'm guessing it will be someone from the front office.
"Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets!"-SpongebobHere's a fun fact for those of you who enjoy bizarre statistics: the A's, who've had an elephant as their symbol for almost their whole existence, have consistently done better under Republican administrations than Democratic ones. How much better? Their all time winning percentage under Democratic presidents is .432, worst of any MLB team. Their W/L% under GOP presidents is .539, second only to the Yankees.
Cleveland announced they will officially change their nickname to the Guardians after this season.
So here's a fun statistical oddity: On Monday, July 26, Abraham Toro hit a home run for the Astros against the Mariners. The very next day, he was traded and proceeded to hit a home run for the Mariners against the Astros, making him the first player to hit a home run both for and against a team on consecutive days. In addition, in both games, he scored his team's sixth run of the day, and he was on the losing team in both games.
Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.MLB drops Topps trading cards, now using Fanatics.
With 9th inning clutch hits by Judge and Devers yesterday, the 2021 MLB postseason field is set. Sadly, no one-game playoffs were necessary this year.
Tuesday — AL Wild Card: Yankees at Red Sox
Wednesday — NL Wild Card: Cardinals at Dodgers
ALDS: WC at Rays, White Sox at Astros
NLDS: WC at Giants, Braves at Brewers
World Series prediction: Rays over Dodgers. Wonder if I'll do better than UrinatingTree.
Edited by megarockman on Oct 4th 2021 at 9:18:19 AM
The damned queen and the relentless knight.

Moving a sports franchise is a major undertaking that takes years and costs millions of dollars. The Braves may or may not throw their hat into the strongly-worded-letter ring, but I doubt that they're going to pick up and move. Nor do I particularly thing they'd be right to do so — they can do more good by staying in Atlanta and keeping "Braves and MLB strongly condemn Republican voter suppression efforts" headlines in the news than they can by leaving.
MLB moving the All-Star game and the draft out of Atlanta is a strong sign, though. Those are annual events that don't have a permanent venue anyway, so moving them isn't nearly as big a cost for MLB, but it's still a blow to Georgia in terms of both economic gains and prestige.
Edited by NativeJovian on Apr 4th 2021 at 8:18:01 AM
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.