The fans in Oakland gave A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell a warm reception in his first at-bat since he began kneeling during the national anthem.
On Saturday, Maxwell became the first—and so far only—MLB player to take a knee during the anthem in protest, a gesture he replicated on Sunday and Monday. After sitting on the bench over the weekend, Maxwell returned to the starting lineup on Monday night and received a standing ovation from the smattering of fans gathered at the Coliseum when he stepped to the plate for the first time.
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Maxwell, a rookie, comes from a military family and was born on an Army base in Germany.