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Good morning, Athletics Nation!

The last several days have been significant in our country’s history, and impossible to ignore. Amid nationwide protests over police brutality toward African Americans as a whole, and the May 25 killing of George Floyd in particular, the A’s released a statement on Sunday in support of the black community. Personally, I agree with their response and am happy to see them land on the right side of history, just as they did when they publicly supported Bruce Maxwell’s right to take a knee during the national anthem in 2017.

I closed the comments in that post about the team’s statement, but of course I know the topic will eventually come up, especially since I’m mentioning it again here in another post and even offered my opinion in the previous sentence.