All Star Apoplexy

Distressed that the city of Denver will now host the All-Star Game promised to Atlanta two years earlier, a small business trade group called the Job Creators Network accuses Major League Baseball of trampling its federal rights to the tune of $1 billion in punitive damages.

MANHATTAN — Distressed that the city of Denver will now host the All-Star Game promised to Atlanta two years earlier, a small business trade group called the Job Creators Network accuses Major League Baseball of trampling its federal rights to the tune of $1 billion in punitive damages.

MLB’s about-face occurred earlier this year after Georgia made voting substantially harder in response to President Donald Trump’s election defeat.

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