Who has benefited from the all-star game being moved from Atlanta, Georgia,

predominantly minority city to Denver, Colorado, predominantly white city?

Who's benefited? Who's lost? And what's the principal basis for the decision?

And what are its implications for the future of sports and politics?

You'll hear a discussion of that on today's Churchill.

Welcome to the Dirt Show. Sorry, we were not able to have a Dirt Show.

Yesterday, the first time I've missed it since the beginning,

I'm a New Yorker and family matter, and so I'm broadcasting from New York City.

I hope we'll be able to continue to broadcast on a regular basis until I get back to my home studio.

In the meantime, we're ready to go. I want to talk about Major League Baseball again today.

As you know, Major League Baseball moved the all-star game, very, very important game.

It was supposed to celebrate the life of Hank Aaron.

You're one of the greatest players who ever lived from Atlanta in Atlanta,

but they've moved it to Denver, Colorado, and my question is,

why and what are the implications and what kind of a precedent does this set?

The Commissioner of Baseball is a terrific guy and I remember him as a student.

He was just a wonderful, thoughtful man, somebody who's not in any way an extremist,

Rob Manfred. I've sat next to him in the owner's box at Red Sox Games. I've met him on a number of

occasions when the Red Sox have played in the World Series. I've met him at other Major League

Baseball events. I've always liked him very much and I still like him. But I'm just not sure that

this was the right decision about the right issue. Let's go back in time a little bit.

A few years ago, the all-star game in Baseball was moved from North Carolina because North Carolina

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