A's, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed

[dcsports]

A'''s, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed

HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play on Friday night.

Major League Baseball players are now refusing to play.

 

[Grand Mal]

A'''s, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed



Major League Baseball players are now refusing to play.

Sons of bitches! Fire them all!

 

[chuckiechan]

A'''s, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed



Major League Baseball players are now refusing to play.

I hope the hosting network sues them for breach of contract.

 

[bearpoker]

A'''s, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed



Major League Baseball players are now refusing to play.

Civilization will surely collapse!

 

[nota bene]

Civilization will surely collapse!

They keep this up and their fan base may.

 

[bearpoker]

They keep this up and their fan base may.

True, or they might not.

 

[eman623]

Baseball Shmaseball. Just cancel the season and fire everybody.

 

[nota bene]

True, or they might not.

Astros fans were already disgusted by their cheating scandal. And this was the 11th game not played. And it's not just baseball either; the NBA is protesting too. Do you suppose the NFL will join in the protest?

 

[dcsports]

They keep this up and their fan base may.

Professional sports are already on life support. TV revenue (based on existing contracts) is all they have left. Baseball in particular is very dependent on fans in the seats. Given that they are going to lose an entire year... and possibly next... MLB is in danger. The last thing they need is to turn fans away.

 

[mike2810]

Have not gone to a game in years.
Generally only watch the playoffs if a team I like is playing and nothing else better to do.

My support in pro sports has diminished over the years. The players are getting paid way to much to play a game.

By protesting that cancels the game only proves to me that taxpayers should not pay for their facilities. This year I have not watched baseball, basketball, or hockey. If baseball folds I will feel bad for the maintenance and concession workers but not the players or owners.

 

[Court Jester]

Morons! And they are protesting over that fool Jacob Blake who FORCED the police to shoot him.

Idiots!

 

[lwf]

They keep this up and their fan base may.

Or their fan base might expand.

 

[buck]

Civilization will surely collapse!

It might. The institutions that used to create a shared culture, are now dividing us.

Social media won't help either, with the banning of conservative voices. Soon, conservatives will have their own platform (Parler) and liberals theirs.. Further dividing and preventing communication.

 

[eman623]

I watch sporting events to escape the madness of the modern world for a few hours.

If the players want to inject that back into the sport, then what good is it? I'll go watch Gilligan's Island reruns instead.

 

[TheParser]

Thanks for the good news!

It would be better news, however, if those gentlemen would make their protest permanent.

 

[Michael Johnson]

Professional sports are already on life support. TV revenue (based on existing contracts) is all they have left. Baseball in particular is very dependent on fans in the seats. Given that they are going to lose an entire year... and possibly next... MLB is in danger. The last thing they need is to turn fans away.

American major sport leagues have softened the quality of games for over 20 years now. And these players get paid too much to whine and sit out games because they don't feel like playing or because of shooting that happened that has jack **** to do with them.

You're right, they're all hanging on a string. If they fall, I won't lose sleep. I have more important things to deal with. If I wanna watch sports I'll turn on classic games from decades ago.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

This basically started with Colin Kaepernick. The right and the Trumpsters lost their minds over it. They vowed to boycott the NFL when the owners did not sanction those players who chose to support Kaepernick.

Fast forward to today, and the right is claiming they are all for "peaceful protests" except that they weren't when Kaepernick was peacefully protesting.

Now the protests have expanded to include MLB, the NBA, even the NHL.

So I guess the Trumpsters are not going to have any sports to watch from now on.

 

[Mason66]

A'''s, Astros walk off field in protest, game postponed



Major League Baseball players are now refusing to play.

I hope there are fines all around.

 

[Metric Mouse]

All 6 fans were no doubt disappointed.

 

[Torus34]

We are witness to the politicization of just about everything.

Welcome to the America of President Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen. Don't be shy. Pick a side and vilify, you know, 'them'.

Regards, stay safe 'n well. Remember the Big 3: masks, hand washing and physical distancing.

 

[BlueTex]

It might. The institutions that used to create a shared culture, are now dividing us.

Social media won't help either, with the banning of conservative voices. Soon, conservatives will have their own platform (Parler) and liberals theirs.. Further dividing and preventing communication.

Gosh Parler's 2.8 million registered users are a real threat... LMAO.... Twitter alone has 330 active users... Facebook 2.6 BILLION....

 

[buck]

Gosh Parler's 2.8 million registered users are a real threat... LMAO.... Twitter alone has 330 active users... Facebook 2.6 BILLION....

Parler has been around for 2 years - and i've only heard of it for a few months now. Facebook 16 yrs and Twitter 14 yrs. Give it time.

 

[BlueTex]

Parler has been around for 2 years - and i've only heard of it for a few months now. Facebook 16 yrs and Twitter 14 yrs. Give it time.

LMAO... Even I have an account... I find it amusing that they have already started setting content standards...

 

[Deuce]

Once again right wingers demand nobody else ever exercise their right to free speech.

 

[dcsports]

Once again right wingers demand nobody else ever exercise their right to free speech.

I think you are confused. Where do you see that?