The GOP plan to control baseball

This, via Josh Marshall, would be hilarious if it weren't so dementedly hubristic. For Republicans, everything is political.

Another senior Republican lawmaker who requested anonymity said that the league should be aware of the perception problem that might be associated with selling the Nats to Soros.

"Why would Major League Baseball want to get involved with George Soros?" said the lawmaker. "It's about more than just the sale price."

Look, MLB is not about economics or the free market. And Washington has felt the need to get into baseball's knickers for a century. But I don't recall congressmen threatening baseball so as to prevent a sale to a specific individual.