The chants outside of Busch Stadium on Friday echoed the message baseball players across the country had sent by sitting out of games earlier this week.
“No justice, no baseball.”
Writers covering the game between St. Louis and Cleveland reported that the protesters’ voices wafted through the park without real crowd noise to drown them out.
And yet, MLB let a player-led demonstration that started on Wednesday and built momentum Thursday peter out on Jackie Robinson Day.
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That’s not to diminish the conversations sparked by MLB players’ involvement in a movement that started with the NBA.