As the Yankees and Rays played, the teams’ Twitter accounts swapped their usual in-game content in favor of exclusively posting information on gun violence in the United States.
“In lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Rays, we will be using our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence,” the Yankees said in their statement. “The devastating events that have taken place in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities across our nation are tragedies that are intolerable.”“We all deserve to be safe — in schools, grocery stores, places of worship, our neighborhoods, houses and America,” the Rays stated.
The Rays added that they were making a $50,000 donation to a national gun violence prevention organization. “We understand that no single organization can solve this crisis alone,” the team said, “but working together, we can make an impact.”
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