MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred seen here at an MLB owners meeting in Arlington on Thu Nov 16, 2023 has awarded Atlanta the All Star Game in 2025 after the City of Atlanta sued MLB for taking the 2021 All Star Game away from Atlanta and moving it to Denver over what Manfred said was Georgia’s voter suppression laws. (AP News photo)

MLB Bring All-Star Game to Atlanta “Eating Crow Manfred Style”

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi Goznalez

Four years after Commissioner Rob Manfred moved the All-Star Star Game in Atlanta to Denver’s Coors Field, Manfred is reconsidering as many believed “he owed one to Atlanta”. Four years ago, he moved the game over objections to Georgia voting rights laws changes.

Atlanta blasted the Commissioner of Baseball for his political decision, something he did not know much about. It is now apparent that Manfred made a mistake when he moved the game from Atlanta to Denver without first learning the substance of the law.

According to economists, the City of Atlanta lost $100 million in economic impact losses, especially those businesses near Truist Park, home of the Braves. At the same time, some say it was more than $100 million in lost revenue to the City of Atlanta.. . “I made the decision in 2021 to move the event, and I understand, believe me, that people had then and probably still have different views as to the merits of that decision,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday.

During an announcement that followed an owners’ meeting. Straightforward interpretation “Sorry I screwed up, so I am awarding Atlanta the All-Star Game in 2025 because I owe them one.” The City of Atlanta filed a 1 Billion dollar lawsuit against Major League Baseball.

The voting rights litigation is ongoing. Last month, a federal judge declined to block several contested portions of the law while legal challenges play out. There is a chance Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred, might lose this one.

Quote. “The economics of baseball is the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money, and the little clubs don’t” -Fay Vicent, Baseball Commissioner from 1989 to 1992.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Museum and does News and Commentary podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com