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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
People tune in to watch baseball, not "statements"
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People like to pretend - "What if I were a celebrated athlete, a respected leader, a role model, a thought leader, an avante guard, leading edge operator pushing cultural change". After they are done pretending, then they are curious about their life background. Take golf, for instance, everyone loved Arnold Palmer and knew all about him. There was a thirst for Palmer to opinionate on the world. His opinions carried weight and could slightly move society forward - so also Mickey Mantle, Mohammed Ali and today LeBron James. It's the "HERO" principle, people desire heroes for better or worse.
So today's baseball players are doing what players and heroes do. They MAKE POWERFUL statements on IMPORTANT social issues. It helps people resolve these issues in their OWN minds. It is healthy and SHOULD continue, and WILL continue like the tide that will NOT stop!