The New York Mets and Miami Marlins took the field as planned for their game on Thursday night, but in a symbolic gesture of solidarity, players at both clubs then returned to their dugouts without hitting a pitch.
With players laying the field for both dugouts, the Mets and Marlins removed their caps and bowed their heads in silence for 42 seconds before leaving the field.
The only thing left on the diamond was a Black Lives Matter shirt that a crew member had placed above home plate.
The gesture combined a protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a tribute to Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the major leagues to wear jersey no. 42 dry.
Major League Baseball will celebrate its annual Jackie Robinson Day on Friday.
The Mets-Marlins game in New York was one of seven MLB games postponed, while the other eight games on Thursday’s schedule were played.
Meanwhile, the NHL postponed four playoff games Thursday and Friday, the NBA called off two playoff games Thursday, and the WNBA postponed three games because these leagues cleared their entire schedules for the day.
