Braves voice displeasure over relocating All-Star Game, draft

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Braves voice displeasure over decision to relocate MLB All-Star Game, draft from Atlanta

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 4/2/21

One week after MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark said the union could push for the league to relocate the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta after Georgia approved an overhaul of election laws and restrictions that opponents say disproportionately target the state's minority voters, the league announced it was moving both the Midsummer Classic and upcoming draft scheduled to occur in Georgia.

Understandably, the Atlanta Braves voiced their displeasure over the decision via an official statement shared by Fox 29.

This statement drew widespread criticism on Twitter and other social media platforms:

By "our city" the Braves of course mean Cumberland, the unincorporated area in Cobb County the team moved to in one of the more blatant pro-sports embraces of white-flight demographics. https://t.co/GVRQSYOZwH
— Barry Petchesky (@barry) April 2, 2021

“Equal voting opportunities.”

If the Braves are looking to convince that they were going to have a robust and specific discussion of voter disenfranchisement, this isn’t it. https://t.co/BO9iECOrUv
— Jane McManus (@janesports) April 2, 2021

Francisco Lindor weighs in on MLB's decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta:

"This makes me proud to be an MLB player" pic.twitter.com/pxBU9ygAMO
— SNY (@SNYtv) April 2, 2021

MLB says it will announce a new location for the All-Star Game and draft "shortly."

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