Tag: MLB

China Commission to MLB, US Firms: Stop Subsidizing China’s Abuses

Commentary Baseball may seem as American as apple pie, but many of its most popular bats and gloves are made in China and owned by a company implicated in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced labor abuses. Just hours before baseball fans were gathering in Seattle for the MLB’s All-Star Game Tuesday, across the country,…


Nevada’s Teacher’s Union Takes Action to Block Public Funding for A’s Stadium

The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) is taking action to block public funding for the construction of a new baseball stadium for the Oakland A’s to move to Las Vegas in a campaign launched on Thursday. The statewide teachers union vowed to pursue “every possible path” to stop the use of public financing, including litigation or even…


Welcome to Major League Baseball’s Struggle Sessions

Commentary The Toronto Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass is really sorry. You see, Major League Baseball teams like the Dodgers will honor men in nun costumes who hand out condoms and simulate sex on crosses—that’s just “inclusivity.” Orthodox Christians with opinions, on the other hand, will be compelled to engage in ritual public humiliation and beg…


Los Angeles Dodgers to Honor LGBTQ Anti-Christian Group

The Los Angeles Dodgers invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of LGBTQ people dressed as hedonistic nuns, to be honored in an upcoming pride game. The group uses extravagant Christian imagery as a form of mockery to scorn religious beliefs. This would never be tolerated if directed at Muslims or Jews, but our…


MLB Pitcher ‘Deeply Troubled’ Anti-Catholic LGBT Group Being Honored by Dodgers

Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams has voiced his deep concern over the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honor an anti-Catholic LGBT drag queen group to their annual Pride Night this year. “As a devout Catholic, I am deeply troubled by the Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honor the group ‘The Sisters of Perpetual…


MLB Roundup: Rays Drop Second Straight to Jays After 13–0 Start

Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi struck out nine over six innings, and Toronto defeated visiting Tampa Bay 5–2 Saturday. The Rays entered the series having won their first 13 games of the season, tying a modern baseball record for best start (since 1900). Toronto has now won the first two games of the three-game set and sits…


MLB: Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11–0 on Easter Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., for their ninth straight win to open the season. The Rays’ 9-0 start matched that of the 2003 Kansas City Royals for…


MLB Opening Day Offers Clocks, Shift Bans, Ohtani and Judge

A major shift in how Major League Baseball is played. About time, too. Shohei Ohtani trending with every pitch and swing, Aaron Judge aiming at his own home run record, Dusty Baker trying to win another World Series ring. All-Stars in different spots, a new scheduling concept featuring each team facing all 29 opponents. If…


Baseball’s New Rules to Speed Up Games Get Mixed Reception

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—It took 2 hours, 19 minutes for the Miami Marlins to beat the Houston Astros 4–3 in a spring training game Monday—a game so fast that Ryan Murphy, a lifelong Houston fan, found himself lingering in the ballpark for a while afterward. “I’m a baseball fan,” said Murphy, wearing 2022 Astros World…


Pro Sports: The Good, the Great, and the Grim

Commentary We’ve reached one of the annual sweet spots in the sports calendar here in the United States: It’s playoff time in Major League Baseball, the National Football League season is in full swing, and the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League are on the verge of kicking off a new season. My wife…