Major League Baseball needs new fans, but thanks to San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler and several Giants players, baseball now finds itself in an unpopular culture war.
Kapler became the first MLB manager on record to kneel for the national anthem before Monday night’s exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics. Four Giants players also knelt for the anthem: Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, Jaylin Davis, and Antoan Richardson.
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