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San Francisco Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod was the only player to stand during a moment honoring the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of the season opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers, telling reporters after the game that as a Christian he “can’t kneel before anything besides God.” MLB provided teams with a long black ribbon that players on both sides jointly held as they kneeled in unity. Every player and coach from the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees took part in the demonstration ahead of their game, but hours later, Coonrod stood alone. I’m a Christian," he said, according...

In 1936, a German by the name of August Landmesser refused to raise his hand in salute to Adolf Hitler, and he paid a steep price for it. He was put in a Nazi concentration camp, his Jewish wife was also put into a camp, she died and August never saw her or his kids ever again. That’s how much it cost to stand up to fascism in 1936. Giants relief pitcher Sam Coonrod was the only Major League Baseball player on opening day this week to refuse to kneel to the fascists of Black Lives Matter. How much that...

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sam Coonrod was the only player who refused to take a knee prior to the national anthem Thursday, nor did he bow to the Black Lives Matter agenda. After the game, Coonrod explained why he refused to join his teammates in supplication to the leftist agenda, saying that he “can’t kneel before anything besides God.” Coonrod also noted that he does not support many of the goals of the leftist Black Lives Matter political agenda.