Dubious syllogism. Baseball players certainly reward capital, in spades. by all accounts, overweening NSA surveillance is hurting capital as Europeans in particular seek other vendors for cloud services.
Not to mention the fact that baseball is a sport of entertainment, and is you strike out people won't be blaming the deaths of others on you.
There's no baseball lobby, at least not one that would care about an individual player, and I'm sure a couple of Europeans dropping Gmail is not going to make any lobbyists upset at these politicians for trying to defend their special interests (through lying or otherwise)
Not to mention the fact that baseball is a sport of entertainment, and is you strike out people won't be blaming the deaths of others on you.