Cubs leaders Jed Hoyer and David Ross supported Giants manager Gabe Kapler in his anthem boycott over gun violence.
Neither Ross nor team president Jed Hoyer claimed to have the answers to what seems like more frequent, horrific mass shootings — including the racism-motivated grocery store shooting in Buffalo less than two weeks earlier that killed 10.
“Whether it’s MLB as a whole or individual teams or individual people, I think there’s definitely a place for it,” Hoyer said. “I do think that sports in general have a large audience and therefore I think they can make a difference.” “Anytime you get to get in front of a camera and get in front of millions of people on TV, I think you use that platform for the best that you feel you can use it,” Ross said. “I love what Steve Kerr said. [Dodgers manager] Dave Roberts had some choice words that he said the other day. I couldn’t agree with those two more., Ross didn’t say whether he agreed with Kapler’s gesture involving the anthem.
“It definitely felt different at the end of the week, dropping them off and thinking about it,” he said. “I think we can all agree that dropping off your kids at school is something you should never have to think about.”
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