Posted on 07/23/2020 2:16:56 AM PDT by EBH
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Indians teammates took a unified approach by standing shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity ahead of Monday’s exhibition game at Progressive Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The players and team staff stood next to each other with their right hand on their heart and the left on the shoulder of the person in front of them.
By Chris Anderson | July 21, 2020 at 4:02 PM EDT - Updated July 21 at 4:02 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Indians teammates took a unified approach by standing shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity ahead of Monday’s exhibition game at Progressive Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The players and team staff stood next to each other with their right hand on their heart and the left on the shoulder of the person in front of them.
“I think it’s just to show respect for our country but show empathy for people that maybe need it,” Indians manager Terry Francona said during a previous post-game interview.
“As a team, we understand it’s time for change and change is due,” shortstop Francisco Lindor added. “So, with that being said, we’re all standing together and bringing awareness to what’s happening around us is extremely important because some things need to change.”
While the Cleveland Indians remained standing during the national anthem on Monday, others around MLB took a knee as a way to protest social injustice and racial inequality following months of unrest around the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
...standing shoulder-to-shoulder... with their right hand[s] on their heart[s] and the left on the shoulder of the person in front of them.
>Problem is, they won’t be the Indians for much longer.
Actually, they will ALWAYS be the Indians, no matter what the new PC FakeName happens to be. I will always use the REAL team name and suggest that everybody so so. Call for Indians tickets. When the voice on the other end of the line calls them FakeName tickets tell them “No thanks”
Call the team shop ant tell them you want a Chief Wahoo cap. See what happens.
On a related note, I used to watt Japanese TV news on a network called SCOLA. Didn’t understand a word of what they saying. Saw a segment with a old farmer in a rice field. He was wearing a Cheif Wahoo cap, plain as day !
Kneeling disrespects the symbol of national unity, so it undercuts the goal of national unity.
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