Major League Baseball has a strong presence in Arizona and a high number of Latino players, making it a prime target for opponents of Arizona's new immigration law who hope to persuade the state to change its divisive law through economic boycotts. Activists and sports columnists across the country are calling on baseball fans to ask the MLB to pull the 2011 All-Star Game out of Phoenix and to relocate the spring training Cactus League.
Protesters are also already picketing Arizona Diamondbacks games. A small group gathered outside of Coors Field in Denver yesterday, the Denver Post reports, to protest the law as Phoenix's team took on the Colorado Rockies. Activists are planning to be outside of Wrigley Field today when the Diamondbacks play the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Tribune reports. They'll ask fans in attendance to wave posters during the nationally televised game condemning the law.
Source: CBS
Just say NO! to xenophobia!
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