PITTSBURGH—Gene Clines, a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, died Thursday. He was 75. Clines’ wife, Joanne, told the Pirates that Clines died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, site of the team’s longtime spring training home. No cause of death was given. On Sept. 1, 1971, Clines batted second…
Full Share on World Series Champion Braves Worth $397,391
NEW YORK—A full postseason share on the World Series champion Atlanta Braves totaled $397,391 from a record player pool of $90.47 million. The Braves split $32.57 million into 66 full shares, 14.25 partial shares, and 38 cash awards, the commissioner’s office said Friday. The amount of the winners’ share was the third-highest behind $438,902 for…
Major League Baseball Lockout Begins as Owners, Players Fail to Reach Bargaining Agreement
The collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) expired at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday without a new deal in place, leading to the first official work stoppage in more than 25 years. At 12:01 Thursday morning, the league informed the players that it had locked them out, marking the…
Major League Baseball’s C-Suite Cowardice
Commentary Last April, when Major League Baseball pulled the All-Star Game out of suburban Atlanta in what it thought was a strident example of the powerful corporate punishment states would face if Republican lawmakers passed laws MLB did not like, its corporate, academic, and cultural peers applauded the move. Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision was seen…
‘I was blackballed’: Former Tenors Member Recalls Fallout After He Added Politically Incorrect Phrase While Singing Anthem
It was five years ago this month that Remigio Pereira changed two lines of Canada’s national anthem and replaced them with a politically incorrect phrase while performing at an all-star baseball game, resulting in his firing from pop-opera quartet The Tenors and evaporating his music career. Pereira explained his decision to take such a controversial…
ACU Urges MLB to Correct ‘False Claims’ on Election Reforms and Return Games to Georgia
The American Conservative Union (ACU) is urging Major League Baseball (MLB) to publicly correct recent comments it made against Georgia’s election reform law while moving the All-Star Game to another state. MLB moved the game and its 2021 draft from Georgia to protest lawmakers passing a new election reform law that was signed by Republican Gov….
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (April 14)
Two states sue President Joe Biden for suspending a Trump-era border policy. They argue Biden’s move has caused an influx of crime and human trafficking. U.S. lawmakers disagree over Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) calls for a big bold agenda, while Republicans say it’s a massive government expansion…
Take Me Out of the Ballgame
April 5, 2021
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Commentary When the NFL decided not to punish players who kneeled during the pre-game national anthem, some fans reacted by refusing to attend games, buy league merchandise, or watch games on TV. It took several years for the NFL to win fans back and some—like me—broke the habit and never returned, in person, or on…
Video: Live Q&A: MLB Georgia Boycott Followed China Deal; Trump Starts Boycotts
Shortly before joining a boycott of the state of Georgia over a disagreement with its election reform legislation, Major League Baseball had extended and expanded a contract with a Chinese telecommunications company. And as the MLB and other countries are initiating boycotts of Georgia, Donald Trump is calling for boycotts of MLB and other companies…
Virtue Signaling Replaces Baseball as America’s National Pastime
Commentary By moving the all-star game out of Atlanta, the morally narcissistic ignoramuses who run Major League Baseball have inadvertently given us the defining moment in the ultimate decline and fall of the United States of America as we know it. In a sense we should be grateful to them for the wake up call,…
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