{"id":220901,"date":"2021-04-07T01:48:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-april-7-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T01:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:48:53","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-april-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-april-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 April 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Letters to the Editor \u2014 April 7, 2021<\/strong>”
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The Issue: Major League Baseball\u2019s decision to pull the All-Star Game<\/a> out of Georgia over its voting law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When is Major League Baseball going to realize Commissioner Rob Manfred is a Trojan Horse (\u201cAll-Star Game moved to Denver,\u201d April 6)? He is single-handedly killing the national pastime.<\/p>\n

After letting the Astros get away with cheating, he forced a significant dismantling of MLB. Now, he made a reflexive decision on a divisive political issue, without regard to the damage to Atlanta\u2019s innocent workers and fans.<\/p>\n

A new commissioner should be named immedia<\/a>tely before any further damage is done.<\/p>\n

J. E. Frenett<\/em><\/p>\n

Rochester<\/em><\/p>\n

The Great American Pastime has been hijacked and transformed into a business that not only bilks the fan base out of their hard-earned money, but now subjects them to its political beliefs.<\/p>\n

Manfred has now decided to punish the state of Georgia by taking the All-Star Game out of Atlanta because he doesn\u2019t like the voting-reform law it just passed.<\/p>\n

Political statements do not belong on a baseball field, where people go to escape.<\/p>\n

I was an avid fan my whole life, but now feel nothing but disapp<\/a>ointment and contempt toward the ungrateful, overpaid players and the league they represent.<\/p>\n

Thomas Urban<\/em><\/p>\n

Wantagh<\/em><\/p>\n

MLB\u2019s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta is more than just a change of venue. It\u2019s a declaration of war on those among its fan base who belong to the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t understand how the league\u2019s owners would allow Manfred to take a blowtorch to its product. It\u2019s business malpractice, and MLB deserves the beat-down that will surely fol\u00adlow.<\/p>\n

David Greenfield<\/em><\/p>\n

Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n

Boycott the boycotters. Let\u2019s make the corporations that are afraid of a boycott from the left be concerned about a boycott from the right.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t buy Coke, don\u2019t fly on Delta and don\u2019t go to a baseball game.<\/p>\n

When is the right going to flex some muscle and boycott any company that openly meddles in politics? They should stick to what they know best \u2014 making money.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Oler<\/em><\/p>\n

Fairfax, Va.<\/em><\/p>\n

The move by MLB to succumb to pressure from the far left without knowledge of what is even in the new law has put the most vulnerable out of work.<\/p>\n

The people who work at the stadiums \u2014 vendors, security guards, custodians and more \u2014 are not millionaires.<\/p>\n

Manfred showed his weakness and inability to do what is best for fans of baseball by allowing himself to be strong-armed into pulling the All-Star Game and MLB Draft out of Atlanta, leaving those people fending for themselves. Nice job, commissioner. <\/p>\n

Lisa Maniaci<\/em><\/p>\n

East Brunswick, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n

I love my New York Mets, but I love my country more, so until Major League Baseball realizes that sports should stay out of politics, I will not watch another baseball game.<\/p>\n

MLB has single-handedly taken food off the table of thousands of Georgians \u2014 in a pandemic, no less, when so many people have been out of work.<\/p>\n

MLB is definitely not speaking on behalf of the fans. I wonder who the league is speaking on behalf of. <\/p>\n

C. O\u2019Keefe<\/em><\/p>\n

Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand how in the world asking for identification can hinder anyone from voting.<\/p>\n

Most people have ID and will continue to be able to vote. Those who don\u2019t have one can easily obtain one from the state. Where is the racism in this law?<\/p>\n

Shame on MLB and the other corporations moving from the state because of this law.<\/p>\n

Stephen Colasacco<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bronx<\/em><\/p>\n

Unbelievable: MLB and its commissioner have no backbone.<\/p>\n

I have a question: Has Manfred read the law? Apparently not.<\/p>\n

Does he believe the woke generation actually watches baseball? No, it\u2019s the working class that supports the league.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s the working class of Atlanta that will suffer, certainly not you, Commissioner. Your pay will still be there.<\/p>\n

Philip Vallone<\/em><\/p>\n

Ossining<\/em><\/p>\n

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