'We all have individual reasons to do so': As MLB season goes on, messages of silent protest will begin to diverge.
WASHINGTON — As Major League Baseball's season began with season openers Thursday and Friday, unity was a theme oft cited by players taking the field for the first time since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Every game featured similar yards of black ribbon almost literally binding players and coaches before the national anthem, some choosing to kneel, others standing, and still other teams opting for a collective gesture.some 75 players and coaches knelt before the anthemAs the season goes on, messages of silent protest will begin to diverge, and Saturday night, when the Yankees and Nationals gathered for their second game, the anthem was played with little fanfare.
As the anthem drew to a close, second baseman DJ LeMahieu walked between the pair, tapping them on their shoulders in a show of apparent support. While the message behind athletes' peaceful protests has slowly come into focus for segments of the public after former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick begin kneeling during the anthem in 2016, the mass actions have given some players reason to explain the symbolism."For me, it’s for the racial injustice and Black lives in general," he said."And a lot of other things going on. We all have individual reasons to do so.
"I believe with everything we did beforehand, wearing the Black Lives Matter T-shirts, the patches and the unity ceremony before, that’s what was decided."
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