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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.
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And the Tigers are 2-1 so far! It can't possibly last!
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Already 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.
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Oh, Abbott...
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Must have been a bad blood between them, eh?
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Here'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.
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They're also going through their worst start in franchise history.
0-6, oh my.
Edited by erazor0707 on Apr 7th 2021 at 10:30:18 AM
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Congratulations to the San Diego Padres for their first no-hitter in franchise history courtesy of Joe Musgrov.
With this, every MLB team has now thrown at least one no-hitter.
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One thing that makes the Pads' drought all the more remarkable is that their 1969 NL expansion counterparts, the Montreal Expos, got a no-hitter in their 9th game as a franchise.
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The #1 prospect in all of baseball, Wander Franco, made his MLB debut today.
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I was hoping they'd go with the Spiders.
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It's probably too obscure for most people.
I don't think you'd need to know about the original Spiders for it to be a cool name.
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I suppose if you wanted something more "authentically Cleveland," you could also go with "River Fires."
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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.
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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
...Devers, not Evers. Rafael Devers.
I was almost expecting a choke from the Sox, but they pulled off a WC spot. Both AL WC spots in the same division, when has that happened? Still not expecting too much, but hey, we do get a Red Sox/Yankees game out of it. We'll see.
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I love how the Wild Card games are the two most storied franchises in either league.
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Well, the first LDS has been decided. Red Sox beat Rays 3-1.
Have I mentioned I hate the Boston Red Sox? Cuz I do not care much for the Boston Red Sox.
... They did this same thing to my Rays in 2013 too...
Edited by erazor0707 on Oct 11th 2021 at 12:33:51 PM
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That was 2013. 2011 was the year the Rays clinched the wild card over the Red Sox on the last day of the regular season.
Whelp, time to brush up on who these new White Sox players are.
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
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