As some states open for business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is ramping up pressure on sports to do the same.
He’s starting with baseball.
McConnell’s pitch to Manfred
McConnell talked politics and the COVID-19 pandemic with Drew Deener and Jason Nemes of sports radio 93.9 FM (h/t @ USA Today) in Louisville on Thursday and said he called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred directly to make his plea.
"I called the commissioner of baseball a couple weeks ago and said, ‘America needs baseball,’” McConnell said.