Posted on 02/25/2019 1:44:02 PM PST by Beave Meister
BRUCE MAXWELL JUST WANTS A FRESH START
After the former A's catcher became the first and only MLB player to kneel during the anthem, his personal and professional life crumbled. Here's what happened and how he hopes to get back to the big leagues.
On a cloudy Sunday afternoon in early February while pitchers and catchers throughout the land report to big league camps, Bruce Maxwell is on a high school baseball field in the spring chill, being shadowed by a spirited schoolboy named James. The afternoon is full of smiles, and it is difficult to tell which of them is helping the other more. Probably, it's about equal.
James is there with the high school's Best Buddies program, an international organization founded in 1989 for the purpose of helping those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"He's amazing," Maxwell says. "He's got a lot of energy. I love doing stuff like this. It's good for them, and it's good for us."
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but but but... Virtue Signaling is supposed to feel good!!!
I think most pitchers would be on my side.
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I think you mean most of the pitchers who are American born, which seem to be declining in number with each passing year.
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