Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 9: A loss that felt extra meaningless

Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images I have to say, it was very difficult to watch Wednesday’s game like it was a normal game, or whatever the 2020 version of a normal game is. In case you somehow missed it, today has been something of a monumental day in the sports world starting with the Milwaukee Bucks refusing to take the court for their playoff game this afternoon in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was soon announced that the players for the other NBA teams scheduled to play on Wednesday would also not be taking the court, and soon after that the Brewers and Reds decided not to play their scheduled game. In the time since then, the Mariners’s players voted not to play their game against the Padres, and the Giants-Dodgers game will also not be played. In addition, individual Black players have decided to sit today including Jason Heyward, Dexter Fowler and Matt Kemp. It is possible I am missing teams and players, and I apologize. The situation is constantly changing as I type this.

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