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A’s Bruce Maxwell first MLB player to kneel for anthem
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 23, 2017 | Susan Slusser

Posted on 09/23/2017 6:53:58 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

A’s rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell, who earlier in the day profanely bashed President Donald Trump on Instagram, became the first major-league player to kneel during the National Anthem on Saturday before Oakland’s game at the Coliseum. The product of a military family, Maxwell placed his hand on his heart and faced the flag during the anthem while taking a knee before the game against Texas. Teammate Mark Canha placed his hand on Maxwell’s shoulder.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bluezones; brucemaxwell; maxwell; mlb; oakland; oaklandathletics; protests
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1 posted on 09/23/2017 6:53:58 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Such a hero.

Go back to counting your money.


2 posted on 09/23/2017 6:55:37 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

It’s stupid but I doubt some asinine copy-catting will cause much of a stir, people will recognize the idiocy for what it is.


3 posted on 09/23/2017 6:57:06 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Deafied major league sports. Now it’s time to pull down the idols.


4 posted on 09/23/2017 6:57:58 PM PDT by Lent
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
What an 'effing idiot.

Even players from Japan and Latin America who can't speak a word of English don't pull this sh!t.

5 posted on 09/23/2017 6:58:23 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff; ExTexasRedhead
Well we now have the “$hit Hole Troika,” The NFL, the NBA and now Major League Baseball. Sure am glad I got away from all of it 30 years ago. I've actually enjoyed my life participating in various sporting activities in stead of living vicariously in front of my TV.
6 posted on 09/23/2017 6:59:10 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Canha should have pushed him over on his stomach to humiliate him.


7 posted on 09/23/2017 6:59:52 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I am begging, to all NHL players. DO NOT KNEEL. I’m not watching flicking golf all year. Come ON.


8 posted on 09/23/2017 7:01:55 PM PDT by Yaelle (Socialism, faithfully implemented, delivers anguish and devastation. - President Trump)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
The Lefts ultimate goal is to get the National Anthem banned at all sporting events. They want to do to patriotism what they did to Christianity.
9 posted on 09/23/2017 7:02:20 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

And now on to the MLB - all these franchises are going to go bankrupt when the fans are no longer fans of this outrage.


10 posted on 09/23/2017 7:02:54 PM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Release him, A’s. Now. (I won’t be holdng my breath).


11 posted on 09/23/2017 7:03:50 PM PDT by Simon Foxx
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

In the cellar-——maybe he should practice more.

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12 posted on 09/23/2017 7:04:15 PM PDT by Mears
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To: vette6387

Ironically, I think the NBA has no issue with players pulling stunts during the national anthem. They went through this same sh!t back in the 1990s with some surly malcontent, and they added some very specific language to the standard player contracts in the next collective bargaining agreement.


13 posted on 09/23/2017 7:04:30 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

There as an new upcoming alternative to the traditional 3 commercial spectator sports: Ultimate Frisbee. The sport is fast and exciting. The players are all decent, intelligent and well-mannered, as well as being superb athletes. I highly recommend Ultimate.


14 posted on 09/23/2017 7:05:20 PM PDT by myerson
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To: Alberta's Child

Great point. We dropped two nukes on Japan but their players show respect and know that the game is bigger than they are or their pet projects.


15 posted on 09/23/2017 7:05:20 PM PDT by Professional
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To: headstamp 2

Shame on crowd if they did not walk out!


16 posted on 09/23/2017 7:05:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Cheerio

Would the late George Steinbrenner of the Yankees put up with it?

Would Tony La Russa put up with it with his teams?

That’s the question.


17 posted on 09/23/2017 7:06:31 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: Husker24
The Lefts ultimate goal is to get the National Anthem banned at all sporting events. They want to do to patriotism what they did to Christianity.

They're terrified with by the thought that some day the final stanza of the National Anthem might actually be sung, which contains these lines:

"...and this be our motto:
'In God is our trust'."

18 posted on 09/23/2017 7:08:31 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

And, of course the loser leftists are cheering this fool on. Twitter is all a twit over this. More praise than disgust, as far as I can tell. Sickening to see.


19 posted on 09/23/2017 7:09:13 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

trying to get traded/cut to get to a better team. Good luck with that . . .


20 posted on 09/23/2017 7:09:19 PM PDT by t4texas (Remember the Alamo!)
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