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mr_lebowski

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2. Not even the first time even this year MF45 has meddled in MLB affairs ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 02:22 AM

Aug 2019

Of course in this case, he was rolling back what Obama did, cause ... that's all he really knows how to do ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-moves-undercut-mlb-s-deal-cuba-n992191

MLB, unlike other sports leagues, has some sort of intrinsic link to the US Government, that's why the steroid hearings took place before Congress earlier in the decade which would never happen w/other sports. I'm not sure how it works, it may be tax-status related ... but I'm pretty sure it's a real thing from what I've read over the years ... though I don't know what it 'is' exactly.

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Major League baseball bars playing in Venezuela [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2019 OP

But, what about the jobs? SpankMe Aug 2019 #1

Not even the first time even this year MF45 has meddled in MLB affairs ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #2

Good. Dont reward Maduro, who is the one who would make & keep the money these games produce. oldsoftie Aug 2019 #3