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Kapler stopped taking the field for the pre-game playing of "The
Star-Spangled Banner" last Friday, three days after the massacre of
19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting
in nearly a decade.
But Kapler took the field on Monday when his team opened a
three-game series against the host Philadelphia Phillies given that
the U.S. Memorial Day holiday honors the country's fallen soldiers.
"Today, I'll be standing for the anthem," Kapler wrote in a blog
post ahead of the game.
"While I believe strongly in the right to protest and the importance
of doing so, I also believe strongly in honoring and mourning our
country's service men and women who fought and died for that right.
"Those who serve in our military, and especially those who have paid
the ultimate price for our rights and freedoms, deserve that
acknowledgment and respect, and I am honored to stand on the line
today to show mine."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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