It Just Keeps Getting Worse

[Keystone19250]

MLB gear maker to move 80% of work to China.

Sen. Smith calls on Rawlings to reconsider decision to send Minnesota jobs to China | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Senator Tina Smith is joining state lawmakers in calling on Rawlings to rethink its decision to move jobs from its southeast Minnesota factory to China.

www.fox9.com

 

[javbike]

That really sucks bad you have to gave kudos to Henry rifles everything they sale down to a Henry knit cap t shirts everything is made in the USA

 

[TidalWave]

Well… sad news indeed.
But I guess at the end of the day, the company has the right to move if they think it’s best.

And now get this Rawlings: consumers have the right to register their disapproval by voting with their feet/pocketbook.
Everybody buy gear from Wilson or Spalding or whoever else will play ball ( no pun intended!) with the theme “made in the USA”… if you’re kid is using Rawlings, offer them new non-Rawl stuff !!!

 

[Azmarlin39a]

I boycotted MLB when they got woke. I took all the licensed T-shirts and threw them in a rag pile. I just used a red sox’s shirt today on an oil change.

 

[Annihilator]

I gave up on all professional sports after there so called woke , only thing I still watch is NHRA racing, all others I have no use for.

 

[Talyn]

Is MLB that game that pays ridiculously high salaries to guys who stand out in a field all the time, and go through boring routines while waiting to run around and catch a ball?

At least the NHL players break a sweat and sometimes themselves.

 

[javbike]

I boycotted MLB when they got woke. I took all the licensed T-shirts and threw them in a rag pile. I just used a red sox’s shirt today on an oil change.

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[wmg1299]

I've dropped all pro sports except MMA. College football hasn't angered me yet. It's hard to believe these days, but SMU still provides free football tickets for first responders and veterans. SMU usually plays 3-4 ranked teams every year, so I've been able to take my family to some great games over the years. George W. Bush usually does the coin toss a few times a year. I know that the school is going out on a limb by doing this, so they will probably have my support for life.

 

[BobM]

Sad when some places sell their heart , soul and other things for a lousy buck?
Apple pie, baseball and imports? - Am not going into that today.
Rawlings? Just another imported Chinese product will now avoid.

 

[HayesGreener]

China is not our friend. They want to eat our lunch. When you put manufacture of key items into the hands of your enemies and then pay them handsomely, you will wake up one morning and suddenly realize how badly you have screwed yourself and your community. Although MLB gear is about the lowest valued product I can think of, maybe one notch above rubber dog crap. It defies common sense, I swear we have fallen down the rabbit hole in so many ways.

As far as MLB and other pro sports are concerned I have had zero time for them since 1972 when I was struggling to make ends meet on a pittance and MLB went on strike. Then they did it again in 1981.

 

[Lock n' Load]

Just don't buy the bamboo bats! I don't think Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger is worried. Looks like everything else will still be made here from what the article said.