SF Giants Manager, Coaches, Players Kneel During National Anthem

Newsmax "San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler, two coaches, and three players knelt during the playing of the national anthem before the team’s exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
"The action came in the first of two practice games before the Giants begin their truncated 60-game regular season Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and a day before President Donald Trump criticized any sports figure who kneeled during the playing of the 
Star Spangled Banner," calling it in a tweet a "sign of great disrespect."
"Kapler kneeled along with coaches Antoan Richardson and Justin Viele and outfielders Mike Yastrzemski – the grandson of Baseball Hall of Fame member and Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski – Austin Slater and Jaylin Davis.
"The demonstration drew no fan reaction since the game at the Oakland Coliseum – like all games are scheduled to be across the country – was played without spectators.
"While it was not publicly announced, Kapler – in his first season with San Francisco after being fired by the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of 2019 – told his players before the game his intentions."  . . .

Colin Kaepernick Comes for Baseball   "Where does a patriotic Americano have to go to escape woke politics?"

"The America-the-Terrible disease has now invaded baseball, the sport that to this point had mostly avoided the current race obsession that threatens to turn the American melting pot into a pressure cooker." . . .

The Babylon Bee finds much room in this all for its brand of parody:

Chicago White Sox To Drop Offensive 'White' From Name

. . . “Being a mascot is an honor,” Jerry said. “Unless, of course, your mascot is a Native American. Then it’s a shame. I’m still not sure how all this works. Anyway, we have realized it’s inappropriate to give a place of honor to whiteness in our team’s name. The word 'white' really has no place in modern society, so we have removed it."

According to sources, there was debate over some new names, like the Chicago Stinky Sox or the Chicago Tube Sox. In the end, stakeholders elected to simply shorten it to “Sox.” 
"At this news, gang leaders across the Windy City laid down their weapons, and all crime and oppression disappeared overnight. 
"Unfortunately, the name change had no effect on the team’s win to loss ratio."

San Francisco Giants Hire Kaepernick As Head Kneeling Coach

. . . "Lessons taught by Kaepernick will include these:

• Preventing injury while kneeling
• How to make sure you're kneeling when the camera is on you
• How to leverage your brave protest into multi-million-dollar endorsement deals
• Funny parodies of the national anthem to sing during opening ceremonies
• How to look solemn and serious even though you're kinda a clown

"Unfortunately, Kaepernick was released on his first day after he tried to throw a baseball back to one of the players and instead lobbed it 50 feet in the opposite direction."