Mookie Betts resolved the Dodgers clubhouse before their game versus the Giants on Wednesday night and stated he wasnt going to play, no matter what.
The other 27 males in the room decided they werent going to take the field without him.
On one of the most impressive days in American pro sports history, the Dodgers signed up with lots of groups across the NBA, WNBA and MLS in walking out of scheduled games to protest the cops shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. On Sunday, Blake, an unarmed Black man, was shot in the back by a law enforcement officer 7 times.
The labor strike was begun midday Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks voted not to take the floor for Game 5 of their playoff series against the Orlando Magic. The NBA then held off the days 2 staying championship game. The WNBA did the same, and MLS delayed all but one of its matches on Wednesday.
Major League Baseball kicked off its slate of games Wednesday with barely …
‘I’ll always remember this day’: Dodgers follow Mookie Betts’ lead to not play – The Athletic
