Smoltz and Leiter have provided analysis for MLB Network at the Secaucus, NJ-located studios for many years.Īnd with Smoltz, it’s a particularly notable situation worth keeping an eye on. They will both appear remotely for the shows. MLBN executives, Smoltz and Leiter made a compromise to keep them on-the-air, but not in the Secaucus studios. MLBN has made it mandatory for all employees to be vaccinated, with the mandate going into effect Sept. Hall of Famer John Smoltz and former Met and Yankee Al Leiter will no longer appear in-studio for MLB Network after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned. Please consider taking action for a more just world.However, Marchand reports that Smoltz and Leiter will still be allowed to work remotely for MLB Network (again, they’re high-profile analysts, so perhaps they get an opportunity with this compromise that few would), and Smoltz will still call a Division Series in October. The MLB great further added, “Black communities across America have been terrorized for centuries by the excessive police force. It might not always result in being physically attacked, but it will require you to make yourself vulnerable.". “If you're a beneficiary of systemic racism, then you will not be able to dismantle it at no cost to yourself. While speaking with TMZ Sports, the MLB legend claimed that police officials should start to act as “humans” as soon as possible. It might not always result in being physically attacked, but it will require you to make yourself vulnerable.Īlso Read | MLB Teams Cut Hundreds With Minor League Season In Doubt If you're a beneficiary of systemic racism, then you will not be able to dismantle it at no cost to yourself. The MLB icon stated that while the police started to fire rubber bullets, a kind man started to deploy emergency goggles, who most probably assumed that something like that was going to take place. Dale Murphy said that his son could have faced a similar fate if he would not have received goggles from a stranger. Not only that, but Dale Murphy further clarified that not everyone was lucky as his son and some of the protesters have contracted permanent disabilities due to the mass shooting. However, police officers still fired rubber bullets to ease off the protests and in the process, Shawn Murphy (Dale Murphy son) got injured. According to reports, there were peaceful protests going around in Denver on Sunday. MLB veteran Dale Murphy took to social media and posted a horrific picture, in which his son Shawn Murphy is spotted donning injury marks over his eye. Others were not so lucky and will be permanently disabled due to excessive police force Luckily, his eye was saved due to a kind stranger that was handing out goggles to protestors shortly before the shooting and another kind stranger that drove him to the ER.
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