A Black Lives Matter/MLB stencil will appear on the pitchers mound during opening weekend games, the Washington Nationals revealed Wednesday.
“The Nationals, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, stand with the Black Lives Matter motion and will use the platform and nationwide phase of Opening Day to reveal assistance for the fight against systemic bigotry and oppression,” the group stated in a statement of its plans for Opening Day.
The statement stated that all teams would have the Black Lives Matter stencil throughout this weekends video games.
2 RelatedAdditional components of Thursdays opening of the pandemic-shortened season in between the New York Yankees and the Nationals will honor, remember and celebrate the front-line heroes in the fight against the coronavirus, the Nationals stated.
The group had actually currently announced that Dr. Anthony Fauci will toss out the ritualistic first pitch.
Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus job force, and he has been among the faces of the United States fight versus the pandemic.
Hes likewise a huge fan of the Nationals– often using a face mask with team logos– and when MLBs season was on hiatus, he mentioned wanting to see them play again.
Prior to the game, the Nationals will raise a 2019 World Series Champions flag at the center-field plaza.
Nationals ace Max Scherzer is set up to start versus likely Yankees starter Gerrit Cole, who signed a 10-year, $324 million handle New York in totally free firm last winter season.
