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FILE - The minor league Birmingham Barons and the Montgomery Biscuits play a game in Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. The game will honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the team in 1948. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) FILE - The minor league Birmingham Barons and the Montgomery Biscuits play a game in Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. The game will honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the team in 1948. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)

By Jay Greeson May 29, 2024 6 min read

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Wronging a wrong

I grew up loving baseball.

I collected cards and memorized the names. I know how to keep score on a program. I have been to some amazing games in the ATL — Hank’s 715th, Nixon’s catch, The Big Unit’s perfecto, the Gold Medal game in ’96, etc. — and look forward to more.

But this latest news from MLB is depressing. Worse, it is the most egregious example of the kowtowing that is plaguing America.