Minor league teams holding wacky themed nights are nothing new. We’ve seen teams host Bruce Springsteen nights, Christmas in July nights and even saw one team try to host a Caucasian Heritage Night — thankfully, that one was cancelled.
But on Sunday night, the Staten Island Yankees may have wanted a do-over. The SI Yankees held a Blue Lives Matter day, on the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown.
The organization has called the timing of the Blue Lives Matter promotion an “unfortunate coincidence” but the damage has already been done. To make matters worse, the SI Yankees play in the same borough that Eric Garner was killed.