MLB Team’s New Management BANS Kneeling, Requires Standing For National Anthem

It’s the beginning of Spring Training season and it looks like common sense is returning to the MLB as the new manager the San Francisco Giants proves he isn’t woke.

He’s requiring all his players to stand when the National Anthem is playing.

You know, like a decent American.

The new manager, Bob Melvin, told USA Today:

“It’s more about letting the other side know that we’re ready to play. I want guys out here ready to go. There’s a personality to that.”

🚨 JUST IN: Newly hired San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin says he will REQUIRE every person in the Giants dugout to stand on the field for the national anthem.

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USA Today reports:

There’s a new sheriff in town in San Francisco, and his name is manager Bob Melvin, who is requiring every person in the Giants dugout to stand on the field for the national anthem.

It’s a drastic difference from the Gabe Kapler regime. He stopped being on the field for the national anthem in 2022 after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and kneeled in protest for several games in 2020 after the George Floyd killing.

Yet, this has nothing to do with politics, Melvin insists.

“Look, we’re a new team here, we got some good players here,’’ Melvin said Friday, “it’s more about letting the other side know that we’re ready to play. I want guys out here ready to go. There’s a personality to that.

“It has nothing to do with whatever happened in the past or whatever, it’s just something I embrace.”

Melvin says he applied the same rules managing in Oakland and San Diego, too, and occasionally would have to crack down on his team if he noticed he wasn’t getting close to full participation.

Finally some common sense is returning!

Bob Melvin requiring entire Giants dugout to stand for national anthem in policy shift https://t.co/8c6BMbVhG4 pic.twitter.com/rHkWCpQ7aX

— New York Post (@nypost) March 4, 2024

Here’s an introduction video on Bob Mevin.

Here’s to hoping this spreads to all the teams.

Including those in the NFL and the NBA.

Let’s keep this ball rolling! No pun intended.

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