Mets, Braves Stand for National Anthem on Opening Day

It’s always refreshing to see displays of patriotism, especially in times like these when so many denigrate our country.

Many professional sports teams and organizations have cowered to the Black Lives Matter crowd and chosen to kneel during the national anthem.

But not all!

As the New York Daily News reports, all members of the Mets and the Braves stood for the national anthem on opening day of baseball:

Every player on the Mets and Braves stood for the national anthem on Friday, as was mostly typical across baseball’s restart.

Players, coaches and staffers on the Nationals, Yankees, Dodgers and Giants all knelt (except for one) before the anthem on Thursday, then mostly stood for the actual anthem.

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Players on the Mets and Braves did not kneel before the anthem at Citi Field.

A video of clips from players around the league was played on the Citi Field screen calling for fans and MLB to “acknowledge the pain of the Black community.” Dozens of players in the video said “Black Lives Matter,” which was absent from the Morgan Freeman-read, Andrew McCutchen-written speech that players knelt during Thursday night.

While audio from that speech played, Mets and Braves players stood along the foul lines holding the league-provided black cloth. They all remained standing for the performance of the national anthem, delivered virtually by New York-area essential workers.

Mets first baseman Dom Smith, a Black player from Los Angeles, told SNY earlier this week that kneeling was low on his list of priorities.

Compare this to the Yankees decision to completely kneel for the anthem:

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