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Monday, April 19, 2021

Nixon and Baseball

 This article talks about how Nixon used baseball as a tool to push his policy agenda. Nixon and the MLB commissioner maintained an ongoing partnership to fight drug use. The MLB produced brochures and videos denouncing drugs which aimed to “alert our young people to the drug menace.” 

Nixon also used baseball to build support for the military. He had POWs and servicemen throw out the ceremonial first pitch at numerous games to highlight the "White House’s determination to bring [soldiers] home as quickly as possible."

The article shows that sports and politics have always been linked and that Nixon knew the power that sports have.

https://www.pinstripealley.com/2021/4/19/22391030/baseball-history-richard-nixon-mlb-kuhn-yankees-patriotism-sports-politics-vietnam-war-on-drugs

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