Activists: boycott All-Star game
Multiple groups are calling for a boycott of the Major League Baseball All-Star game in Phoenix, Ariz., on July 12 in protest of the immigration law SB 1070.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus declines to intervene on behalf of Dodgers owner
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-San Antonio), chairman of the caucus, says the group will not stand with the Dodgers owner in his battle against MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. 'We can't take sides in a business dispute,' Gonzalez says. Rep. Xavier Becerra, whose district includes Dodger Stadium, says McCourt has sympathizers in the local Latino community.
For Latino baseball stars, a sad state of affairs
No American institution owes a greater debt to Latin Americans than baseball. So how is baseball honoring their legacy 100 years later? By holding its All-Star Game in the cradle of America's new nativism, Arizona.