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Players in the NBA, MLB and WNBA chose not to play their games Wednesday over the police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres game against the Seattle Mariners was postponed Wednesday, according to statements from both organizations after several other sports teams chose to not to play their games over the police shooting of a Black man over the weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
According to a tweet by Jeff Passan, a sportswriter for ESPN, the Seattle Mariners have the most Black players of any team in Major League Baseball.
The Padres released the following statement indicating the Mariners team made the decision to postpone:
“We understand the Mariners decision to postpone tonight’s game and we support the players’ efforts to use their platform to bring awareness to the very serious issue of racial injustice impacting our country today.”
Mariners second baseman Devaris Gordon tweeted about the decision saying in part, “Instead of watching us, we hope people will focus on the things more important than sports that are happening.”
The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds also announced their Wednesday game was postponed.
The Brewers tweeted a joint statement with the Reds on their decision Wednesday evening:
The MLB had not released an official statement on the postponements as of Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the day, the NBA announced all three playoff games scheduled for Wednesday were postponed after the Milwaukee Bucks decided to forego their matchup with Orlando.
The Bucks reportedly decided not to play Wednesday in protest of the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday. He is paralyzed following the shooting in the lakeside Wisconsin city, about 40 miles south of the Bucks’ arena.
The league said in a statement that it and the NBA Players Association are postponing the game as well as those between the Houston Rockets-Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers-Portland Trail Blazers. Game 5 of all three series will be rescheduled.
The WNBA also postponed its slate of three games. Washington vs. Atlanta, Minnesota vs. Los Angeles and Connecticut vs. Phoenix will be rescheduled.
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