Bernie Sanders takes swing at MLB attempt to throw out Iowa minor league baseball

[TexasTowelie]

Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose politics were shaped early in life when his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers moved out of town, is taking a swing at Major League Baseball owners and executives for their plans to shutter three Iowa minor league baseball teams.

A MLB proposal earlier this week would close the Quad City River Bandits, Burlington Bees and Clinton LumberKings, teams the Cedar Rapids Kernels play in the Midwest League. The Kernels apparently would be spared.

“Closing down minor league teams like the River Bandits, the Bees and the LumberKings would be a disaster for baseball fans, workers and communities across Iowa,” Sanders said. “We must protect these teams from corporate greed.”

According to Sanders, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, the plan to end the teams’ affiliation with their respective MLB teams comes after minor league players filed a lawsuit demanding to be paid the minimum wage.

Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/bernie-sanders-takes-swing-at-mlb-attempt-to-throw-out-iowa-minor-league-baseball-20191119
(Cedar Rapids Gazette)