Matt Kemp stood alone in the visiting dugout at Chase Field on Wednesday as the only Rockies player to take a stand against racial injustice by sitting out Colorado’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
A day later, with the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., weighing heavy on the national sports conscious, Colorado shortstop Trevor Story welled with emotion at a missed opportunity for solidarity.
“After thinking about it, I do wish that we may not have played last night,” Story told reporters Thursday on a video call. “We had a chance to stand up for our guy last night.