Boston Red Sox reliever Kutter Crawford and Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Matt Strahm were ejected and fined after their MLB national anthem stand-off.
National anthem standoffs aren't uncommon, with players keen to be the last off their respective playing fields. However, Crawford, 27, and Strahm, 31, were both ejected under new MLB pitch clock rules for not returning to their respective dugouts.
Strahm, who used to be teammates with Crawford and the rest of the Red Sox, said: "Zero of it was planned. Just, the anthem was over, and I looked across, and Kutter kind of gave me a grin, and I knew exactly what that grin meant, so [I] just stood there.
