Kemp: ‘There’s more to life than baseball’

Emotional Trevor Story on Rockies’ decision not to play Thursday: “We had a chance to stand up for our guy last night. We didn’t do that.” | Denver Post ($)

On Wednesday, six MLB teams decided to sit out their games in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake and racial injustice. Twenty-two teams still played, including the Rockies and Diamondbacks. Matt Kemp was the only player in the matchup to take himself out of the lineup in solidarity with the protests. On Thursday, the Rockies and Diamondbacks joined a group of 12 other teams who all decided to not play their games, joining similar stances in the NBA, NHL, MLS, and WNBA.