Texas Rangers wear Robb Elementary shirts for National Gun Violence Awareness day

Instead of regular pregame apparel, the Texas Rangers wore two totally different shirts throughout batting apply on Friday: an orange t-shirt to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness day, and a maroon t-shirt with “Robb Elementary School” written on the entrance.

Robb Elementary is the college the place the Uvalde capturing occurred on May 24. An 18-year-old killed 21 people who day, together with 19 youngsters, and wounded many extra earlier than he was killed. Maroon is the college’s coloration.

Most of the Rangers gamers wore the maroon t-shirts, although that they had the choice to wear each. The orange t-shirts solely featured the Rangers brand on the entrance and no different wording.

The Seattle Mariners additionally wore particular shirts for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In addition to the Uvalde capturing, a capturing in Buffalo not too long ago left 10 folks killed. Just this previous Wednesday, 4 folks had been killed in a capturing at a hospital in Tulsa, Okla.

On Monday, Memorial Day, the Rangers held a second of silence earlier than their recreation, which was their first at house because the Uvalde capturing. The Rangers introduced they might donate the proceeds from their nightly Texas 2 Step raffle and match it. The proceeds got here to almost $11,500.

“You just try to do the right thing,” Rangers government vice chairman of public affairs John Blake stated Monday. “Our biggest thing right now is to support the community. In the short-term the best thing we can do is financially support the fund for the school. In the longer-term, we will see how we can best be of assistance. All we want to do is support the community.”

Some groups have additionally made their voices heard within the gun violence dialogue. Last week, quite than tweeting about their recreation in opposition to one another, the social media accounts of the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays shared messages and info about gun violence.

The Dallas Mavericks did one thing related on Friday.

“The fight to #EndGunViolence has never been more urgent,” the staff account tweeted. “Wear orange. Call your local representatives. Demand change. Donate and volunteer. #MavsTakeAction.”

The Rangers, as of pregame on Friday, hadn’t accomplished one thing like that.

Starting pitcher Martín Pérez, the American League Pitcher of the Month in May, did make his emotions on gun violence identified, although. In final Thursday’s win over Oakland, he wrote “4 Uvalde” on his hat. He was requested after the sport about it.

“I have kids, too, and it’s pretty hard because there’s no way some guy who’s 18 years old should buy a gun, go to the school and shoot those kids. It’s really bad, and I think it’s time for the government to do something,” Pérez stated.

“They have to control it more and make some decisions because it’s happening over and over and over and nobody does anything. But they have to do something because it only happens in this country, and especially in my country, too. Venezuela is not a safe country and then you come here and feel that way too, like scared when you go into a mall or a supermarket that something is going to happen. It’s really bad man. What happened to those kids is bad and we feel that and we all have families.

“Every time I went out there I just said this is for this city and they have to stop this. It can’t continue to happen.”

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