MLB transferring 2021 all-star sport out of Atlanta in response to voting restrictions

Main League Baseball moved the all-star sport from Atlanta’s Truist Park, a response Friday to Georgia enacting a brand new legislation final month proscribing voting rights.

MLB had awarded the sport to Atlanta on Could 29, 2019, and the sport was scheduled for July 13 as a part of baseball’s midsummer break that features the Futures Recreation on July 11 and Residence Run Derby the next night time. However Commissioner Rob Manfred made the choice to maneuver the all-star occasions and the newbie draft, which had been scheduled to be held in Atlanta for the primary time.

“Main League Baseball basically helps voting rights for all People and opposes restrictions to the poll field,” Manfred mentioned.