Several Major League Baseball teams postponed their games on Wednesday in an apparent show of protest against the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds were the first MLB teams to postpone their game, multiple sourcesreported. They made their decision not long after the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks staged a walkout during a playoff game against the Orlando Magic, also on Wednesday. Later Wednesday, the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres decided to postpone their Wednesday game as well, according to multiplereports. The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Wednesday night that their game would also be postponed in solidarity with the protests.

Source: Huffington Post August 26, 2020 22:08 UTC