[SkyDancer]

I’m thinking that to avoid any controversy they’re not showing the opening anthem and pledge anymore. But then, I don’t watch what they’re not showing.

[stanne]

No 7th inning stretch GBA either

[t4texas]

Fox announced the policy about a week ago. I thought it was going for NFL games only but it’s now apparent that it applies to any sport they televise and it’s a load of crap. The Leagues (or at least MLB) should do something about it.

[so_real]

I guess their intention is to kill all televised sports equally.

[BobL]

They figure they can BUY SOME TIME by never showing the anthem. If they do that, and ban people from bringing in cameras and cell phones, then the players can take all the knees they want, but no one will be able to prove anything.

...good luck with that plan, though.

[chrisinoc]

Here is the NLCS game one playing of the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium last Saturday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDYJFP4hgeo

TV rarely shows the playing of the National Anthem at baseball games except for the World Series.

[bigdaddy45]

i’ve watched a lot of baseball games in my life. The national anthem is very rarely shown on tv. A lot of times its 10 minutes before the actual game starts, and the broadcast hasn’t started yet.

This won’t be a popular opinion, but i’m sort of over the whole national anthem obsession, especially with regards to baseball. One guy was kneeling, and his team didn’t even make the playoffs. If you’re going to stare at the screen looking for someone to kneel in the post season during the national anthem in baseball, you aren’t going to find anyone. So relax. And enjoy the game.

[plsvn]

As for me, until I see it performed, a radio broadcast is good enough for me.

Local radio here in Houston was in commercial break when the Anthem started. When the commercials finished, the final parts of the Anthem were broadcast.

[be-baw]

I have mixed feelings because I’ve seen and heard many bad renditions of the anthem before baseball games. I’d rather not hear it than to hear someone screw it up.

[dfwgator]

We want Enrico!

[Psalm 73]

Star Spangled Banner?
Didn't you get the memo? Old dead white guys, and privilege and all that.
We've moved on as all enlightened metrosexuals should....

[LouAvul]

This is news/activism? Personal threads/questions/vanities go in chat.

[precisionshootist]

Let’s see what the networks do in the World Series. I think not showing GBA is more telling. I wonder how many of the left wing nuts in television realize baseball has been playing The Star Sangled Banner since before it was our national anthem. In fact basebalall is largely responsible for the Star Spangled Banner being adopted as our anthem.

[kingcanuteus]

For those complaining because I posted in “news / activism”, my apologies. I have never posted before.

[bgill]

Had it pegged on day one. First they don’t show and by next season they won’t have it at all. The sheeple will soon forget and forgive.

[Joe Boucher]

the networks would rather show alex rodriguez and his speal
a man and his steroids.