NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will put in place new procedures for vetting political contributions after giving $5,000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican senator from Mississippi, and then asking for the money back following her controversial remarks. MLB’s political action committee donated $472,500 from the start of 2017 through this Oct. 17, according to Federal Election Commission records. Among the distributions were two $2,500 contributions to Hyde-Smith’s Senate campaign on June 26 and Sept. 24 this year. “We did not review in advance contributions of that size.”MLB intends to have its legislative affairs committee discuss new procedures before making any decisions. Neither I nor anyone else at the Giants can control who any of our owners support politically, just as we cannot and should not control whom any of our employees support politically.”——More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP–Sports

Source: National Post November 27, 2018 23:37 UTC