The New York Mets add another catcher to their 60-man by signing 29-year old Bruce Maxwell. He is most known for being the first Major League Baseball player to take a knee during the National Anthem. The combination of hitting struggles and blackballing for kneeling kept him out of baseball for the past couple of seasons.
Every player and coach on the Yankees & Nationals took a knee before the national anthem tonight in D.C.
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— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 23, 2020
He spent the first three seasons of his career with the Oakland Athletics but only hit .