MLB in Trouble, Bernie Demands Answers

Timothy Birdnow

What business is it of his?

.@MLB is proposing to cut 42 Minor League Baseball clubs.

This has nothing to do with what's good for baseball and everything to do with greed.

It would destroy thousands of jobs and devastate local economies.

I'm urging @MLB Commissioner Manfred to stop this proposal. pic.twitter.com/89AZduYrlT

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 25, 2019

Sean is absolutely right. Closing down Minor League teams, like the Vermont Lake Monsters, would be a disaster for baseball fans, workers, and communities across the country. We must protect these teams from corporate greed. https://t.co/g8BZi6HGeH

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 19, 2019

In point of fact, Major League Baseball uses a very different system than other sports. Football, for instance, takes advantage of colleges to act as their minor league, at no cost to themselves. Baseball is different. (It was the St. Louis Cardinals who pioneered minor league ball, which is why they have always been dominant in the National League and why they were so much better than the American League St. Louis Browns.)

This move by MLB suggests the League isn't doing so well. But it also suggests they believe the system has become to unwieldy.

Again, I ask what business is it of Sanders? Shouldn't he be leading May Day parades or something?

Businesses are not in existence to provide jobs or better the community. Sanders never let his socialism get in the way of making personal profit, but he wants others to sacrifice.

Hat tip; Warner Todd Houston

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