San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler told reporters ahead of his team's Friday game that he intends to forgo the pregame US national anthem moving forward
Speaking in the dugout of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler said,"I don't plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country."The 2021 National League Manager of the Year's comments were accompanied by a written statement on his website sharing his thoughts after 19 children and two adults were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, by a lone, 18-year-old gunman.
We aren't free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are more important than our children's freedom to go to school without needing bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills," Kapler wrote.Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he called"the lack of delivery of the promise of what our national anthem represents.""I am not okay with the state of this country. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity.
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