Thursday, August 27, 2020

Mets, Marlins Walk Off Field in Protest, Leave BLM Shirt on Home Plate

The New York Mets and Miami Marlins took the field for their game on Thursday night, only to promptly walk off in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The teams took the field, removed their hats for 42 seconds of silence and then laid a Black Lives Matter shirt at home plate before leaving the field.The Mets-Marlins game became the sixth postponed game on Thursday as players in the MLB, NBA, WNBA, and MLS chose to strike in solidarity with protests against police brutality after police in Kenosha, Wis. shot Blake in the back seven times...MORE