In short? This isn’t rocket science. Baseball-loving Americans go to baseball games to — shocker! — watch a baseball game. Not to get hassled about their politics, whatever those politics may be.
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| Broc Smith |
"Once upon a time, that call-out from a baseball umpire was the signal for a baseball game to begin. And for that matter, whether that game was being played by major league teams, minor league teams, college baseball games, or Little League teams.
"But now?
"Here’s a headline from Fox News Sports: “Pro baseball team forfeits Pride Night game after players refuse to wear themed jerseys, organization says,” with the subtitle, “The Atlantic League team called the players’ decision ‘completely inconsistent with our vision’ in a scathing statement.”
"The Fox story reports:
"A professional baseball team in Pennsylvania will be forfeiting a game on Thursday that was scheduled to be the team’s Pride Night after players refused to wear LGBTQ-themed jerseys, the team announced.
"The York Revolution of the Atlantic League, the same league where Trevor Bauer currently plays, said the decision “was not reached lightly” in announcing the forfeit to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Wednesday.
"Then came this kicker in the story. It said: “The team was not afraid to throw its players under the bus in a rather scathing statement, saying it was ‘deeply troubled and profoundly disappointed by the decisions of these few players.’”
"And the “rather scathing statement” from the ball club? It reads in part:" . . .
"But the essence here, which one would have to be blind to miss, is that the team owners of the York Revolution, not to mention those who run the Atlantic League, have decided they are not really about baseball at all but view themselves instead as social activists supporting the latest far-left cause that catches their political fancy."
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