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White Sox manager Tony La Russa weighed in Saturday on Gabe Kapler’s decision to not participate in the national anthem in response to a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas earlier this week.
The Giants manager announced Friday in the aftermath of Tuesday’s tragedy that he will no longer take the field for the national anthem prior to San Francisco’s home games until “[he] feels better about the direction of the country.” Kapler also penned an essay titled “Home of the Brave?” in which he expressed his concern for the state of the country.
