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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Take Me Out to the Ball Game ⚾️

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family, News

4.4702 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

🏟 Why did Major League Baseball move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta? 🧢 As the 2021 MLB season gets into full swing, we learn about the mysterious origins of America’s pastime, and the truth about Abner Doubleday, the Father of Baseball. ⚾️ What's the longest game in MLB history? Which MLB player has the most homeruns? The answers to these questions and more in today's Fact Attack! 👩🏾 Plus! The Trivia Question of the Day! 💯 Want even more awesome content from The Ten News? Join The Ten'ers Club today! 🆓 Enter for a chance to win a FREE t-shirt from The Ten News online store 📝 Sign up for The Ten News-letter! 📸 Join us on Instagram ⚾️ Learn the real reason the MLB moved the All-Star Game out of Atlanta this year ✍️ Find a full copy of the transcript for today's episode here Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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From Georgia politics to the game's origin story.

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In the next 10 minutes, we'll get the lowdown on what's up in baseball.

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I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News.

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This Van Delft and this is the 10 News. This past week, Major League Baseball announced that this year's All-Star game and player

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draft would be moved out of Atlanta. This was in response to a new Georgia law around

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voting rules. The new voting law signed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp makes it a crime to give voters

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food or water while they wait in lines, limits the use of ballot boxes, adds new ID requirements

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for absentee ballots, and puts the state's Republican-led legislature in charge of the county election boards.

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Voting rights advocates say that this new law will greatly impact communities of color and

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disenfranchise many voters, which means depriving them of their right to vote by making it

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extremely hard for qualified voters to fairly cast a vote in future

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elections. So why is the MLB's action important? By moving a very popular event that brings tourists

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