Does the MLB endorse ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ now?
Zachary Faria
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Major League Baseball just announced that it supports Jim Crow. At least, that is the only logical conclusion if the league does not also issue an apology to Georgia Republicans.
The MLB announced that the 2025 All-Star Game would be awarded to Atlanta. This comes just two years after the league stripped Atlanta of the 2021 All-Star festivities when Democrats accused the state of passing a voting law that was “Jim Crow 2.0.” That malicious smear was then taken to MLB to pressure the league to punish Georgia, and punish Georgia it did.
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said stripping Atlanta of the game “was the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.” He also said, “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.” But Georgia’s voting law has not changed between 2021 and now, and it isn’t expected to change by 2025 either.
So, which is it? Have the MLB’s “values as a sport” changed to support “Jim Crow 2.0,” or is Manfred going to apologize for using baseball as a political weapon against Republicans on behalf of the Democratic Party’s lies? It has to be one or the other. Either Manfred and the MLB support racism now or they were wrong and need to admit they were wrong.
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The correct conclusion is, of course, that they were wrong. Georgia’s law actually expanded voting opportunities for most Georgians. The state saw record turnout again in 2022 (and Republicans still won every statewide race except for the U.S. Senate race). The law was never about voter suppression, let alone racism. Manfred and the MLB overreacted and pandered to Democrats without bothering to read anything about the law (including its own text) other than the Democratic talking points pushed to them.
But Manfred doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt unless he apologizes. He was the one who threw the might of the MLB behind Democratic claims that Georgia’s voting law was racist. Until he acknowledges that he was wrong, his own words and actions indict him and the league as being in favor of racism. Manfred needs to step up to the plate and face the walk-up music.