S.F. Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod did NOT kneel with the rest of his teammates in a showing of support for the Black Lives Matter movement Thursday ... saying his religion and his personal feelings about BLM wouldn't allow him to do it.
"I’m a Christian," the 27-year-old relief pitcher said, "so I just believe that I can’t kneel before anything besides God."
If you missed it, the MLB provided teams with a long piece of black fabric to signify unity before its Opening Day games on Thursday.
The Yankees-Nationals ceremony went off without a hitch -- players joined together in grabbing the sheet and kneeling .