Sports writers, MLB staffers, and the commissioner of baseball in particular, must still be clutching their pearls. Saturday night 41,000 unmasked Braves fans screamed their un-masked and un-mandated lungs out, all while tomahawk-chopping their Atlanta Braves to victory. Atlanta was denied this year’s All Star Game because Commissioner Manfred caved to craven political actors. Baseball, he said, can’t have a featured event in Georgia after it passed a voter ID law. Major League Baseball moved the event to Colorado. Colorado already had a similar voter law, but no matter; it’s all about optics, not facts.

In July, Texas Democrats slinked away to avoid a quorum on a Texas voter law. They took a private plane, took lots of selfies, and brought lots of beer. They came back with their tails between their legs, empty cases of beer, and a couple of cases of COVID. The new Texas voter law requiring ID passed in September. It was all about optics, not facts

https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2021/10/24/mlb-nightmare-its-georgia-and-texas-in-the-world-series-n462386?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=65cbd4bc6e81a2a7794ff6168b44aa5928b2e9059f31291fd7f386463797e4cf

I hope the Braves win the Series. I hope the Series ends in Atlanta, with Commissioner Manfred in attendance, and while the final game is played, there are chops a-many. I hope that while the trophy ceremony is playing out and the commissioner is serenaded with a “chant,” the announcer looks into the camera and says: “I think they are saying, ‘Let’s Go, Brandon.’”

Also…what will Woka Cola Do ?

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/10/25/tom-cotton-has-questions-for-woke-coca-cola-as-the-world-series-karma-sets-in-n463000