New York Yankees And Washington Nationals Salute Black Lives Matter Movement In Pregame
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deadline.comBruce Haring, Tom Tapp The New York Yankees and Washington Nationals staged a brief tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in the pregame ceremony on baseball’s opening day.
Both teams held a long black ribbon while a BLM video made by the Players Alliance was screened, then stood for the national anthem.The Players Alliance is a group of current and former black players formed in the wake of the George Floyd death.
The video played on the main scoreboard as players from both teams held the black ribbon, which stretched from right field to behind home plate and then down the left field line.Players then kneeled during a long moment of silence that followed, then stood during the national anthem, which was prerecorded by D.C.
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