The Miami Marlins and New York Mets lined up as if it was any normal game Thursday. The Mets ran into the field to play defense. Lewis Brinson took swings in the on-deck circle. “The Star-Spangled Banner” even had played with every single player standing for the national anthem.
Brinson stepped from the on-deck circle to the batter’s box and every single player in the Marlins’ dugout stepped forward, too. In the opposite dugout, everyone did the same. For 42 seconds, they stood unified, and then they tipped their caps at one another and walked back to their locker room. The only thing left on Citi Field was a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt draped across home plate, placed there by Brinson.
Miami and New York joined the wave of protests spanning across North American sports following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The players decided to postpone the game.
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