Paul Egins has worked for the Colorado Rockies since 1991 18 months before their first game. Over his 30 years with the team, he has become an institution.
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Former President Donald Trump on Friday called for a boycott of Major League Baseball, after it announced it would be pulling the All-Star Game from Georgia as a protest to the state s new restrictive voting law. Trump said that MLB s leadership was afraid of the Radical Left Democrats, claiming the party pressured the league to relocate its mid-summer game because of Georgia s new election law, recently signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
The league announced on Friday that it would no longer host its 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta after Georgia passed a restrictive voting law. On the other hand, former President Barrack Obama has praised the move. On Saturday, Obama congratulated the league for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens.
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Atlanta Braves Marcell Ozuna (20) stands with his bat during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Philadelphia. The All-Star Game patch that appeared on the right sleeve of the Braves jerseys during opening day was sewn over Saturday against Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.
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Matt Slocum - staff, AP
Atlanta Braves Marcell Ozuna (20) swings for a strike during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Philadelphia. The All-Star Game patch that appeared on the right sleeve of the Braves jerseys during opening day was sewn over Saturday against Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.
The All-Star Game patch that appeared on the right sleeve of the Braves' jerseys during opening day was sewn over against Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.