MLB commissioner decided to move All-Star Game after pressure from Stacey Abrams on voting issues: sources

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Robert Manfred came to the decision to move the All-Star Game on his own after holding extensive discussions with voting rights groups associated with Lebron James, Stacey Abrams and Rev. Al Sharpton, sources familiar with the move tell Fox News. 

Abrams’ group and Sharpton also urged the commissioner to support other issues, including voter drives and H.R. 1, the For the People Act — sweeping election reform that recently passed the House.  Manfred decided the easiest way to deal with the matter was to leave Georgia, according to a source.  After Manfred made the decision, he told the eight-member executive committee before making the announcement, which surprised the 22 other teams. Manfred said the decision was made after discussions with the MLB Players Association and its Players Alliance.