MLB gives Bill Clinton spotlight at civil rights luncheon

(AP) -- "Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Major League Baseball's Civil Rights game weekend.

• Clinton will speak at a luncheon in Cincinnati on June 20

• before the Reds play the Chicago White Sox.

Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali and Bill Cosby will be honored with awards. The Civil Rights game was

• shifted to the regular season this year after being held as a preseason exhibition for two years in Memphis, Tenn."..."Bill Clinton to Speak at Baseball Luncheon" via SportingNews.com

(I wonder what fee MLB allocates to the keynote speaker, if any. It would be better for MLB to recognize someone who's not a multi-millionaire celebrity jet setter. There have to be better role models who've worked without benefit of celebrity. This occasion does more to legitimize Clinton than help MLB). sm

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