Posted on 05/26/2022 6:57:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays suspended their usual game coverage on Twitter to draw attention to gun violence within the United States.
Typically, the two organizations’ Twitter accounts post live states about the game being played. Instead, they posted statistics about gun violence on Thursday. The move by the two Major League Baseball teams comes in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.
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The Rays are owned by a New Yorker who rarely comes to any games or spends time in the area. Of the local pro sport teams’ owners, he is the least involved in anything in the community. He is a carpetbagger milking the area for every last dime he can get.
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