Baseball and Iraq

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By Don Davis

Major League Baseball, in conjunction with both President Bush and Congress, has announced that the outcome of this year’s All-Star Game will determine whether the United States will immediately pull out of Iraq.

Since MLB’s former policy of awarding home field advantage in the World Series to the League that wins the Summer Classic did not translate into increased ratings, Commissioner Bud Selig has tried to up the ante, by making the All-Star Game the prime determinant of U.S. foreign policy.

Both President Bush, the former owner of baseball’s Texas Rangers, and the Democratic-controlled Congress, enthusiastically embraced the idea, since it relieves them of any responsibility for the Debacle in Iraqle."