Politics, baseball don't mix

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2008

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So, who do you think turned them in, Hillary Clinton's people or John McCain's?

Funny, perhaps, but Barack Obama supporter Morris Levin wasn't laughing Tuesday.

Major League Baseball forced him to shut down his online T-shirt business, which used MLB team logos to promote Obama's presidential campaign. The T-shirts violated MLB's trademarks,

TheSmokingGun.com reported.

"I would prefer not to comment," Levin told USA TODAY via e-mail.

MLB officials did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

The T-shirts went on sale last month for $19.99 on the website ObamaOf Dreams.com. The website says: "We created this site and these T-shirts to celebrate and show our support for Sen. Obama's...

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