Last weekend, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies minor leaguers from the Brooklyn Cyclones and Jersey Shore BlueClaws wore teal bands (akin to Livestrong bands) that read #FairBall during their final game of the season.
The following day, Phillies big-leaguer Andrew McCutchen wore one, helping shed light on the ongoing MiLB issues, which include (but are not limited to) insufficient pay and poor conditions.
Phillies president of baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, denied that players were reprimanded or threatened by team officials in any way:
“I’ve done some checking, and we don’t feel that it happened at all, to my knowledge.