The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays faced off on the baseball field on Thursday, but on social media the two teams came together to talk about gun violence.
Prior to Game 1 of their four-game series in Florida, community managers for both teams wrote on Twitter that they would not offer any coverage of the game, a move prompted in part by the deaths of 19 students and 2 teachers. , shot dead at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday.
Instead of covering the game, we will use, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, our platforms to spread the word about the impact of gun violence, the Yankees wrote. The numerous incidents in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless communities across the country have been tragic and unbearable.
We all deserve to be safe in our schools, in our grocery stores, in our places of worship, in our neighborhoods, in our homes and across America, Rays added. Recent hunts in Buffalo and Uvalde have rocked us to the core.
The Rays also announced that they donated $ 50,000 to a gun violence prevention organization.
Throughout the game, both teams posted statistics and interaction information for the public.
Rays pitcher Brooks Raley grew up in Uvalde and attended the school where the tragedy occurred on Tuesday.
Source: Radio-Canada
