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It was inevitable. Especially after Donald's tweets earlier on Saturday.
On Saturday night, A's rookie 26-year-old catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first MLB player to protest during the national anthem.
From the @sfchronicle’s Santiago Mejia, here is A’s rookie Bruce Maxwell becoming the first MLB player to take a knee for the anthem: pic.twitter.com/q8QVY9hW15
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 24, 2017
The Athletics and Major League Baseball released statements following the event.
The A’s put out a statement on Bruce Maxwell: "We respect and support all of our players' constitutional rights and freedom of expression" pic.twitter.com/SpdzNi0crW
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 24, 2017
You can read more about Maxwell in this San Francisco Chronicle write-up. I thought his comments after game were fantastic.
Bruce Maxwell: pic.twitter.com/fRaVHf2gPs
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 24, 2017
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Baseball is here! And more importantly, that means the over/under game is back. It seems as though everyone is an expert this time of year. Somehow we convince ourselves that we are better at predicting baseball outcomes than everyone else. Well, AFITB is putting that to the test for the third year in a row. Think you know more about baseball than us? You probably do. But go ahead and prove it anyway.