Greg Abbott decided not to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ home opener Monday as scheduled. Then Major League Baseball had to go and ruin it by “perpetuating false political narratives,” the Republican governor said in a letter to Rangers executive Neil Leibman. AdvertisementI was looking forward to throwing out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers' home opening game until @MLB adopted what has turned out to be a false narrative about Georgia's election law reforms. President Biden has called the Rangers’ decision “a mistake.”So this is what a packed ballpark feels like?! “I will not participate in an event held by MLB, and the state will not seek to host the All-Star game or any other MLB special events,” Abbott wrote to Leibman.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 05, 2021 22:18 UTC