The heat continues to be put on the Commissioner of Baseball.  Just when baseball commissioner, Mr. Allan "Bud" Selig thought it was going to be a quiet season free of all the previous scandals of  "buscones" in the Dominican Republic forging birth certificates for potential players, or the issue of steroids another issue has arisen that is making the heat in the dessert seem quite cool. That issue is whether Mayor League Baseball should move their "crown jewel" event, the 2011 All-Star game from Arizona Diamondbacks stadium to another less heated state?  

It seems that many folks have a problem with having such an important venue in the state that has just passed the most draconian immigration piece of legislation anyone can imagine. A law that will impact direcly on the growing Latino community. With MLB having approximately 30% Latino players and many Latino reporters coming from Latin American countries to cover the All-Star game the commissioner can not remain silent for too long on this issue.

The following article written by our friend, Wiliam Rhoden which appeared in the New York Times is another point of view that we would like to share with our readers. 

Please share your comments below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/sports/baseball/04rhoden.html

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