Cleveland Indians outfielder Delino DeShields said Monday he regrets not taking a knee during the national anthem after being asked to by then-Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell in 2017.
DeShields, who was with the Texas Rangers at the time, received a call from Maxwell saying he was going to become the first MLB player to protest during the anthem as part of a movement started by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and he asked DeShields if he wanted to join.
"I felt like a sellout," he told ESPN's Joon Lee.