The Cowardice Of A Once-Proud Franchise: Deal With The Devil??

I can't believe the franchise which signed Jackie Robinson actually would have the nerve to largely (if not completely) invalidate the move by reversing a long history of upstanding for civil rights.

It's become one of the biggest stories in all of sports the last 48-72 hours, and it may cost the Dodgers a number of fans -- including a long-suffering Dodgers soon-to-be-ex-fan who also serves as my anonymous baseball historian friend.

I believe it was Wednesday night when it was announced that the scheduled June 16th Pride Night of the Dodgers actually had the franchise disinvite a performance group which was going to get a major award for advocacy to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, etc. communities.

I used to live in San Francisco -- and I know of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence quite well.

They are a male group who dress up (quite flamboyantly and without pretense) as nuns and do various good works throughout the LGBTQ+ community.

And the Dodgers were going to honor their Los Angeles chapter with an award.

Then, enter these two cucks.  First, Keith Olbermann would like you to meet Bill Donahue (not Phil, thought he was right-wing, he is not!), the head of a group called The Catholic League, and a letter he sent to Commissioner Fuck Rob Manfred ordering the pulling of The Sisters from the event:

So Bill Donohue, who for 30 years has blighted America posing as the one-loudmouth band that calls itself "The Catholic League," tells @AlexNBCLA that HE got MLB Commissioner Manfred to censor @Dodgers pride night.

Manfred needs to resign. He just folded to a hateful bigot pic.twitter.com/QLpmt443vI

— Keith Olbermann↙️ (@KeithOlbermann) May 19, 2023

This JACKASS actually believes The Sisters to be the religious equivalent (on an absolute basis) of BLACKFACE.  Let that moronic nature process.

The reason he's trying to override the current news regarding Rob Manfred and the Dodgers pulling the Sisters is because, as of the time the announcement was made disinviting The Sisters, that Florida Nazi Congressman Mark Rubio had gotten to Manfred FIRST:

Sent a letter to @MLB Commissioner Manfred regarding the @Dodgers’ decision to promote a woke far-left anti-Catholic agenda.

Drag queen performers should NOT be celebrated for their disgraceful imitation of Roman Catholic nuns.https://t.co/GV6NHlW6yw pic.twitter.com/8rHot8n7pD

— Senator Marco Rubio (@SenMarcoRubio) May 15, 2023

And the Dodgers have folded to this bullshit.

There is some discussion of compromise, though I cannot source it to a source which would be considered credible at this time.

But there's something else which stinks here.

Don't hold your breath on Manfred resigning because of all this.  It is absolutely and abjectly NO SECRET that Rob Manfred is MAGA.  He's right-wing, and he's trying to position baseball as the lead sport of a Nazi Republican America.

(Which see the championships of the cheater Astros and the racist Braves.)

But something has disturbed me since the news:  Could the ownership of this once-proud franchise actually be bending, understanding championships (especially the likes of MLB) are won off the field and that they are trying to score political points with the Commissioner -- jettisoning their LGBTQ+ fans in the hopes of lifting the Commissioner's Trophy in October?

And, doubly:  Could the involvement of Rubio mean that Tampa is doing the same???

Stay tuned.