The New York Mets are not playing baseball on Thursday night. After a video leaked of general manager Brodie Van Wagenen ripping MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, the Mets decided to make a statement.
The team took the field to observe a 42-second moment of silence in honor of Jackie Robinson. They walked off the field in solidarity with the rest of professional sports leagues in America. Professional athletes in America are standing up in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
They left a Black Lives Matter shirt over home plate before walking off the field in complete and total solidarity.