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C8 SPORTS & SCOREBOARD SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021 | KILLEEN DAILY HERALD Baseball fans, meanwhile, appeared di- fans who just want to enjoy the game and vided on pulling the game from Georgia. support their team,” she said. “We need BRIEFS MLB Patrick Smith, a lifelong Braves fan in to take politics out of sports.” FROM PAGE C7 Ellisville, Mississippi, said he thinks the But Dick Pagano, a baseball fan in Elk Yordan Álvarez hits 3-run homer league made the right decision and noted Grove Village, Illinois, said he will not as Astros beat A’s again fi l ed a lawsuit over the measure, which that not taking a stand would have polar- watch or attend any games this year. adds greater legislative control over how ized some supporters. “They shot themselves in the foot,” OAKLAND, Calif. — Yordan Álvarez elections are run and includes strict “When governments restrict access said Pagano, who added he will be disap- hit a three-run homer and Houston identifi cation requirements for voting to the ballot box, someone has to step in pointed to miss the planned Hank Aaron kept thriving through all the boos, absentee by mail. to encourage these entities to roll back celebration during the All-Star Game, slugging its way to a third straight Critics say the law will disproportion- those measures,” he said. because he once saw him play in the 1957 win in a 9-1 victory over the Oakland ately affect communities of color. Lorre Sweetman, in Kahului, Hawaii, World Series. Aaron, who played for the Athletics on Saturday.
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