Always Finding a Way

Major League Baseball always finds a way to embarrass themselves, and the spat of the anti-Castro sign is just the latest incident:

"The Cubans were upset with the incident that happened last night, and they want to make sure it doesn't happen again," said John Blundell, spokesman of Major League Baseball, which helped establish the tournament. "We are doing everything that we can to ensure the safety of fans and the delegations."

That's right; appeasement of the Cuban delegation is more important than the continued preservation of free speech on American soil. At least the Puerto Rican Police Chief gets it:

"I have been clear that here there is freedom of expression and the police of Puerto Rico will not interfere at any time with any type of expression," Puerto Rico Police Chief Pedro Toledo said.

Officials from Major League Baseball need to stop every time they are about to take an action, look themselves in the mirror, and ask themselves if they are making the right call. The All-Star Game, contraction, steroids, and now this.

In the meantime, "Abajo Fidel."