“Sports are like the reward of a functioning society.”
Those were the words of Sean Doolittle as the Washington Nationals reported to Spring Training 2.0 before this pandemic-affected Major League Baseball season began.
Even though he was primarily talking about the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic at the time, his words ring true again as racial injustice continues to be at the forefront of national news following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin.
On Thursday afternoon, the Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies decided not to play their scheduled series finale, following the lead other sports teams across the country, as they used their platform to protest against systemic racism in America.