‘Giants’ manager explains why he will no longer be present during the national anthem

With conflicting reports still being sorted through to discern precisely what could have been done to prevent the murder of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, another prominent sports figure has stepped forward to be a woke ambassador to the uninformed.

In what is sure to reignite protests against the national anthem throughout professional sports, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler declared Friday that he would be taking kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner” one step further and no longer be present on the field during its playing. His announcement was made ahead of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park.

“I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country,” Kapler told reporters from the dugout.

“That’ll be the step,” he went on. “I don’t expect it to move the needle necessarily. It’s just something I feel strongly enough about to take that step.”

Kapler suggested if the media wanted further details they could reference a piece he published on his personal blog entitled, “Home of the Brave?”

The manager chided himself for having failed to take a similar position ahead of Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets when a tribute was held for the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

“I wish I hadn’t let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I could have demonstrated what I learned from my dad, that when you’re dissatisfied with your country, you let it be known through protest,” he wrote. “The home of the brave should encourage this.”

Of course, in decrying the first responders to the tragedy and the freedoms that this country was founded on, Kapler demonstrated that he is woefully uninformed on the realities of firearms and the importance of the Second Amendment.

“Every time I place my hand over my heart and remove my hat, I’m participating in a self-congratulatory glorification of the ONLY county where these mass shooting take place,” he claimed repeating a popular Democratic talking point.

In fact, not only is the United States not “the ONLY country” where mass shootings take place, it isn’t even top of the list. According to World Population Review, data compiled between 2009-2015 landed the U.S. in 11th place with 0.089 deaths per million from mass public shootings. That rate is markedly lower than those of the top ten European countries on the list and considerably less than the worst country, Norway, presenting a whopping 1.888 deaths per million in comparison.

Their analysis also highlighted the difficulties in compiling this data as their is no uniform standard to define a mass shooting. Furthermore, it did not take into account all of the other countries in the world outside of Europe, the U.S. and Canada.

Kapler also wrote, “We stand in honor of a country where we elect representatives to serve us, to thoughtfully consider and enact legislation that protects the interests of all the people in this country and to move this country forward towards the vision of the ‘shining city on the hill.'”

“But instead,” he went on, “we thoughtlessly link our moment of silence and grief with the equally thoughtless display of celebration for a country that refuses to take up the concept of controlling the sale of weapons used nearly exclusively for the mass slaughter of human beings.”

However, a 2021 National Firearms Survey showed that nearly one-third of gun owners had used a firearm for self-defense on their property and that there are approximately 1.67 million incidents of defensive firearm use per year, far exceeding the number of violent firearm uses.

Of course, Kapler is no stranger to taking woke stances for social justice causes as he favored taking a knee during the national anthem in the 2020 season as protestors lambasted the police.

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48 thoughts on “‘Giants’ manager explains why he will no longer be present during the national anthem

  1. Many of the other so called workers on this website make even more than you, perhaps you need to quit and find a job where they supposedly work?

  2. My guess: Gabe Kapler voted for Biden and is fine with the Democrat’s agenda…..

  3. Coach, if you find it that difficult to stand for the National Anthem, then perhaps you should donate your kegs to a veteran missing theirs. Obviously their sacrifice is more memorable compared to your disrespect for America

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    1. Andrew Russell meet Ashlie bart…..plus Jeffery etc.etc. Please all of you just STOP!

  5. Another dead, sports- addled brain who absolutely knows nothing about what he’s talking about. Pay no attention to him, or any sports, for that matter. Why? They’ve all become so politicized. They feel the need to disrespect our country with fodder fed to them by the leftist beast of misinformation. They don’t know what they’re yapping about because they simply don’t like the truth they could dig out of the many search engines on the world wide web.
    And Kaepernic coming to the raiders isn’t all that surprising. Las Vegas is a bastion if blue voters….sadly, it is also one of the most heavily populated cities in one of the most heavily populated counties in our state. This is why the country thinks we are a blue state. However, once you get out into the rurals, away from Clark County, which houses Vegas and Washoe County which houses Reno, the second most populated County, you will find those rural counties are most decidedly RED.

    1. Sadly, large cities are where all the votes are-same for California where Democrat run large cities have all the votes in a 2-1 margin and where a GOP does not count at all

  6. Another idiot sports figure who believes anyone actually gives a shit what he thinks. STFU and do what you’re paid to do…. Play ball

  7. Doesn’t feel good about the direction of our Country ?
    Does that mean he is going to vote Republican ? Help put a stop to LAWLESSNESS ? HOMELESSNESS ? INFLATION ?
    These are ALL by products of
    the administration of the Great Divider, , Creepy Joe Kamal Toe Harris , Piglosi, Chuck Scummer, Maxine , Gascon , Newsom, Light int he loafers Lightfoot, on and on.
    These athletes, actors, and ANYOPNE that disrespects the country, with hte uninformed attitude that ” ou country is not going in the right direction ” need to ask WHY ?
    The answer that they DONT want to see is right there in front of their coddled, spoiled faces.
    Hate is a strong word, but I have the same feelings towards the folks that seem to hate this country as they do towards this country.
    F them all… Go act in a movie, shoot a basket ball, swing a bat, and leave ” fixing ” the country to the Republicans….
    Had enough yet America ?

  8. The only reason he has the right to protest is bc men and women gave thier lives fighting for his right to do that

  9. Not going out for the national anthem is not going to change the sorry state this country is in. Voting out all these idiot leftists, including Biden, will.

  10. What a moron . Baseball is America’s sport and The National Anthem is America’s song . THROW THE BUM OUT !

  11. Like so many elite sports figures, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler exhibits an extreme level of ignorance and shallow thinking on the subject matter of our country and our constitution. 

    Newsflash for our shallow thinking, knee jerk reacting, oh-so-important manager of a child’s game…….. Other countries with vastly stricter gun laws than the US have higher rates of mass shootings and US jurisdictions w/ gun laws have exponentially higher rates of gun violence. The actual data (not to be confused with emotions or progressive talking points) is that The US makes up about 1.15% of the world’s mass shootings while having almost 5% of the world’s population. Out of 97 countries with data, the US is 64th in frequency of mass shootings and 65th in murder rate.

    You might be embarrassed of your country, but many of us are embarrassed of you and your under-educated ilk.

  12. Dude, you are a frigging baseball manager. Nobody gives a rats butt what you think. Best to keep your liberal comments to yourself. If you truly hate our great country, get the hell out. Move to Cuba, Venezuela or some other place.
    This guy should be fired immediately. I hope karma hits hard and the Giants tank the rest of the season. Fans should boycott, but being in communist San Francisco, it won’t happen. I know I’ll be rooting against this piece of garbage.

  13. this manager should be fired and mlb should bann him from the sport,such disrespect to this country and are mlitary,the mlb should do this within 24 hours or his job should be on the line

    1. But it won’t happen. These overpaid jerks who believe this country is so bad are free to leave and go to any other country where they might feel more politically aligned. I don’t see the stampede!

    1. I think he was with the 105th C*cksuckers just before he dropped his keys on Castro Street and bent over to pick them up. He’s been ANAL ever since.

  14. Mr.Kapler, you have no idea of what you speak! Using the quiet moment for celebrations of mass slaughter? Can you get any darker?? You are a Baseball Manager. Your job is to keep your players in physical shape, trained for games and to keep them informed of schedule changes and line-ups. To hear this rhetoric from you makes me ill! It is bad enough the BLM has players biting the hand that feeds them… Now here is management chewing on the hands that feeds it! How dare you Sir!!! If I could, I would be at every game, showing pictures and asking that people not attend THAT game out of respect for my Country. Your actions are reprehensible!

  15. Mr. Kaplar needs to remove himself from the field for the entire year. How about just quitting and letting a patriot manage the team. Leave your personal beliefs at home and do your job or quit. Dusty Baker was a true team manager, you are not. I’m not even a Giants fan. My support belongs to the current World Series Champions.

  16. AMERICAS past time my ass….
    More like Mexican black and Cuban past time. Pro athletes are dumb and pathetic. Can’t spell or read but make millions….sad

  17. I don’t feel comfortable watching Any of your games because I don’t speak Spanish or woke. So I will be in my locker room during EVERY sports games. And never watching another overpaid 1 trick pony so called athlete again. LOSERS.

  18. There ought to be a law against such as this. There probably is but no one enforces it.

  19. I assume he also will refuse to accept American money as it has, “IN GOD WE TRUST” printed on our paper money. Please leave the USA as you appear to be so unhappy here, perhaps China or N. Korea will be more to your liking. Let me know if you need help packing, why wait, leave now. Please!

  20. Creating Progressive Dims is the same as growing mushrooms: keep their minds in a tiny dark space with an exclusive diet of crap i.e. lies and bumper stickers.

  21. Who? Don’t think I’ve ever seen him before so I won’t even know that he’s nor there.

  22. These jokers who try to say we have a horrible country are the same ones who support the democrats who are destroying our country and family values. Fools. Go live in Cuba, Venezuela or Russia, tell us how your freedom is then. Refuse the government. Please. This way they can jail you. Instead of this woke garbage why don’t you do something about showing respect and love for this country. But instead you spread more hate and division, you are part of the problem not the solution

    1. American sports has gone to hell. I was a baseball fan. My Dad took me to my first game when I was 8. Never cared for nor did I watch any other sport. When sports got into politics I was done. My friends told me they were done as well but started watching again. You know, like all those Hollywood people who said that if Trump got elected they would move to Canada. My friends know better than to discuss sports with me.

  23. Instead of not being present during the Star Spangled Banner why don’t you go ahead and leave the country! It would a much better place without all of you IDIOTS! Oh yeah, you are more than welcome to take a few with you when you leave.

  24. If idiots like this keep it up! You may just be able to destroy American sports all together! Idiot!

    1. I agree itsy_bitsy, although, with the salaries they get it maybe a good idea in itself 😕 I am sick of the kneeling but mostly, Not putting their hand over their heart and singing the national anthem!! :(

  25. Just Shut Up and get out . Go to China and shoot your mouth off and we will never see your Ass again. Good Thing . The Woke Giants are an embarrassment to Baseball.

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  27. “The ONLY country to have mass shootings”?! How soon we forget Afganistan?! How soon we forget Ukraine?! HOW ABOUT DOING YOUR RESEARCH YOU JACKASS?! OR EVEN BETTER HOW ABOUT YOU STAY IN THAT DUGOUT ALL YEAR? OR HOW ABOUT GETTING THE HELL OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!!!

  28. There is a better way for these so called Americans to protest, quit taking our money and get the f—- out. You change nothing with your so called protest! Still want that American money/paycheck though not that discussed. What an A$$!

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