Major League Baseball players have been taking a knee during and before the playing of the National Anthem during Opening Day this season. The. . .
“Now it seems like there’s more peaceful protesting going on,” Semien, wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, said before Friday’s game. “If people don’t understand why, that’s a problem. A lot of people understand why, and change is happening because of it. I’m participating in what we’re doing as a team. People will see that, then it’s time to play ball.”