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The Rundown: Heyward Makes Stand Against Injustice, Baseball Insignificant Right Now, League Leadership Exempt

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.” – Muhammad Ali

I don’t feel much like writing about baseball today because what is happening in Kenosha hits very close to home, literally and figuratively. I’ve had a friend lose his business and another forced to leave her home because it’s been vandalized. She has an adult autistic son whose excitable mannerisms may give a rioter the wrong impression, putting him and her in danger.