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Don’t Mention The Labor War : MLB Denies Dirk His BabaBooey Moment

Found October 19, 2011 on Can't Stop The Bleeding:
PLAYERS: Dirk Nowitzki
TEAMS: Dallas Mavericks

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ESPN Dallas’ Mark Stein reports Major League Baseball has rejected a Rangers proposal to have Mavericks F Dirk Nowitzki  (above, left) throw out the ceremonial first pitch at one of their home games during the 2011 World Series.

Unlike regular-season games, all first-pitch assignments in the World Series have to be approved from a list of candidates by the league office.

Sources told ESPNDallas.com that — with the NBA in the midst of a lockout that has spanned 111 days — at least some hesitation stems from the idea that MLB executives want to stand behind their basketball counterparts and have notified the Rangers that they can’t bestow first-pitch honors on an NBA player.

Major League Baseball insists that the NBA’s labor unrest had no impact on Nowitzki not being selected to throw out the first pitch.

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