Playing for the first time since Wednesday, Yankees took the field for the start of their Subway Series Friday with heavy hearts. The last 48 hours in sports have been emotional to say the least. The NBA and MLB postponed their playoff games while a number of MLB teams followed suit, preferring to shine a light on social justice in the wake of yet another tragedy involving police violence against African Americans.
The significance of the Black Lives Matter movement is not lost on Aaron Boone, who has two adopted sons from Haiti. When asked by ESPN’s Marly Rivera to share his thoughts on what the last few days have been like for Boone and his family, the Yankees manager became extremely emotional, needing a moment to regain his composure before finally responding.
“It’s been a hard and heavy year and a heartbreaking year in so many ways,” said a tearful Boone, reflecting on what has been a difficult week and an even more challenging year characterized by rampant violence, extreme division and a deadly pandemic. “I think that’s been the case for a lot of people of all different backgrounds and races. My prayer is just that we continue to, even though we’re going through some dark times, that at the end of this, we’re better for it. That’s my continued prayer.”
A passionate Giancarlo Stanton also took the microphone Friday, encouraging all to make their voices heard in the face of systemic racism and police brutality. “It’s not political,” said Stanton while donning a Jackie Robinson shirt in honor of the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who broke the MLB color barrier in 1947. “It’s not a time to just shut up and swing, shut and dribble. This isn’t that time. This is a time to take reality for what it is and start helping to make a damn change, because this is unacceptable.”
One of a dwindling number of African Americans in MLB, Stanton admitted it’s been difficult to process all that’s happened this week with America still reeling from Sunday’s incident in Wisconsin. “The conversations with my mom, with my grandma, hearing their stories, hearing what they had to go through and then seeing the similarities of what’s going on now, it just hurts.”
With doubleheaders scheduled for both Friday and Sunday following last weekend’s string of COVID postponements, it’s going to be a busy few days for Boone and the Bombers, who trail division-leading Tampa Bay by 2.5 games in the American League East.
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