Baseball didn’t need to wait until opening day to see whether any players would take a knee during the national anthem. Gabe Kapler, the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, and four players took a knee Monday night before the team’s preseason game against the Oakland Athletics.
Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, Jaylin Davis and Antoan Richardson were the Giants players who took a knee. Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford put his hands on the shoulders of Davis and Richardson.
Here’s the scene, via Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area:
Bruce Maxwell, the former A’s catcher, was the first MLB player to take a knee back in 2017.