Pixabay / Pixels Chicago Cubs Pitcher Forced to Remove Glove with American Flag Because it Was a 'Distraction' A pitcher for the Chicago Cubs was forced to change gloves before taking the field because the umpires objected to the flag patch on it. By Warner Todd Huston, The Western Journal April 25, 2024
@TheUSASingers / Twitter screen shot Former President Trump Attends World Series Game in Atlanta, Does 'Tomahawk Chop' It didn't take long for Twitterers to react to the former president's decision to make a contentious gesture. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 31, 2021
Timo Volz / Pexels MLB Star Responds After Broadcaster Is Suspended for 'Racist' Comments: 'I'm Not Offended' MLB Hall of Famer Jack Morris has been suspended as a TV analyst over offensive comments about a player who said he was not offended. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 19, 2021
Rachel Xiao / Pexels MLB Pitcher Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Face by a Line Drive Video of the incident went viral, and the announcer's reaction left little doubt about the seriousness of the hit. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 18, 2021
YES Network via @JomboyMedia / Twitter screen shot Crowd Goes Wild as Rogue Cat Halts Yankees Game for Nearly 4 Minutes While Continually Evading Security Eventually, someone opened the door to the field and the cat ran through, much to the chagrin of the crowd. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal August 3, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Bob Ehrlich: The Cost of Wokeness Can Now Be Seen in Our Everyday Lives 'A final note on athletics: An Olympics that includes political gesturing has further diminished an Olympiad without live crowds.' By Bob Ehrlich, The Western Journal July 30, 2021
Erik Drost / Flickr Cleveland Indians Mocked by Fans After Announcing New Politically Correct Name 'There is no reason for our franchise to bear a name that is divisive,' team owner Paul Dolan said last year. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal July 23, 2021
Owen Lystrup / Unsplash MLB Star Pete Alonso Wins Home Run Derby with Pro-2nd Amendment Phrase Painted on His Bat The context might have been different, but Second Amendment supporters across the country are going to love it. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 13, 2021
Andrew Coop / Unsplash Watch: Republicans to Run Ads During MLB All-Star Game That Will Make MLB and Dems Cringe Major League Baseball puts itself in this position by getting involved in Democratic politics. The bill is starting to come due. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal July 12, 2021
CBS Denver / YouTube screen shot Fearing the Worst, Police Launch Raid After 'Hero' Maid Discovers Weapon Cache Near All-Star Game Three men and a woman have been arrested after weapons were discovered at a hotel near Coors Field in Denver. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 11, 2021
Tyler Lahti / Flickr MLB Sued for $100 Million Over 'Hypocritical' Decision to Move All-Star Game for Political Reasons 'MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta - many of them minority-owned - of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs.' By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal June 1, 2021
Breitbart News / YouTube screen shot Black Leaders Rip Stacy Abrams, Say She Implied Black People Are Too Stupid to Get an ID One group of black leaders in Georgia have made it clear that Stacey Abrams is not representing what they believe. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal May 13, 2021
Pixabay / Pexels 'I Want to Watch the Game': NFL Legend Brett Favre Wishes Sports and Politics Could Be Separated The NFL legend called out sports for embracing divisive politics and said he doesn’t blame people who no longer want to watch. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal April 15, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr GOP Senators Cruz, Hawley, Lee Roll Out Legislation to Deal a Serious Blow to Major League Baseball 'No corporation should be so big and so powerful that it can control the political process, that it can override the will of the voters.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal April 13, 2021
Roger Smith / Flickr Poll: Once Told What's Actually in the Georgia Bill, Most Americans Sour on MLB's Boycott The poll results come after MLB's decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 draft out of Atlanta to protest a state elections bill. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal April 8, 2021
Lesly Juarez / Unsplash Former MLB Commissioner: Moving the All-Star Game Was a 'Serious Mistake' A former Major League Baseball commissioner says the game will suffer as it becomes a pawn for partisan politics. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal April 7, 2021
Owen Lystrup / Unsplash New Location of MLB All-Star Game Is Named After Co-Founder of Conservative Heritage Foundation Joseph Coors, who took the family brewery nationwide, also helped start the powerful organization that, unsurprisingly, backs the Georgia law. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 7, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr After Pushing MLB to Boycott Georgia, Biden Flips When Asked About Masters Golf Event '[W]hen they ... move out of Georgia, the people who need the help the most, people who are making hourly wages, sometimes get hurt the most.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 7, 2021
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Bryant Wine / Flickr Gov. Kemp Responds to Stacey Abrams Boycott Flip-Flop, Takes Down John Kerry as Well 'Thankfully, now, the truth is coming out because people are actually taking the time to read the bill,' Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 7, 2021
Pixabay / Pixels MLB Rips GA Voter ID Law But Requires a Photo ID to Pick Up Tickets at Games MLB requires proper credentials, but the league is punishing Georgia voters for wanting the same safeguards - and that's unsportsmanlike. By Christine Favocci, The Western Journal April 6, 2021
Jose Francisco Morales / Unsplash MLB Reportedly Moving All-Star Game to CO - State That Requires Voter ID and Has Fewer Early Voting Days MLB's reported move proves that the league's hypocritical interests lie in 'woke' politics instead of voting rights. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal April 6, 2021