Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same.
“I respect everybody’s views on stuff,” Showalter said before the Mets’ 8-2 victory over the Phillies on Saturday. “I wish we were all more open-minded to everybody’s views and their opinion. So those type of things, I just respect your right to have whatever. They all have opinions. I’m very attracted to people who listen and sometimes have their own opinion from other environments, things that they’ve been exposed to.”
“I respect how Gabe feels and the way he’s going about it.”
