.ClayTravis: Toronto Blue Jays' Anthony Bass vs. Colin Kaepernick. Guess which athlete is being punished for his views?
, in uniform at work, took a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence against black people. Kaepernick was permitted to finish the season, as the starting quarterback, in fact, and then, as a free agent, couldn't find any NFL team interested in signing him. The sports media overwhelmingly lionized Kaepernick, turning him into a modern-day sports version of Rosa Parks.
Bass's Instagram story post was noticed by left-wingers, who then turned the post into a major controversy, arguing that Bass should have to answer for his political opinions. While Bass hasn't pitched as well this year -- he has an ERA of 4.95, but he's also pitched just 20 innings -- he is, as noted above, coming off a season where he was the Blue Jays best pitcher, and the season is barely a third over. Meaning, as is often the case, Bass has a strong chance, at least based on his past performance, to improve on his numbers so far this year if he were allowed to continue.
It's a story as old as time, most people who argue in favor of the first amendment don't stand on principle, they stand on politics.
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