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Every player from the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals took a knee on Thursday night (July 23) ahead of Major League Baseball‘s season opener game in Washington, D.C.

The two teams knelt on the field and held a long black ribbon during a moment of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. While they knelt, a video made by The Players Alliance was played on the Jumbotron.

After the moment, the two teams stood for the national anthem.

Earlier in the day, President Trump was joined by young baseball players at the White House and he was seen throwing and catching the ball with some of the kids.

Make sure to check out which public figure had the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the game!

Dr. Anthony Fauci throws the ceremonial first pitch prior to the opening game of the 2020 MLB Season on Thursday (July 23) at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

The opening day game was played between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals and no fans will be in the crowd at games this season.

Fauci received some assistance from Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle while getting ready to throw out the first pitch, which didn’t go anywhere near home plate.

If you didn’t know, Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a role he has held since 1984. He serves on the White House’s coronavirus task force and he is helping in the fight against the virus.

Fauci grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of the Yankees, but he is now a Nationals fan as he lives in D.C.

It was recently reported that an MLB team will likely be changing their name.

The Cleveland Indians are also mulling over a possible name change, the team announced to fans on social media on Friday (July 3).

“We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality, our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the community,” the statement started out.

It continues that the team has had “ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues. The recent social unrest in our community and our country has only underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice.”

The statement went on, explaining that they are determining the best path forward in regards to the team name, which could be changed in the coming months.

The MLB team is following in the footsteps of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, who also announced they are reviewing their team name and are open to changing it after backlash for years.

Read the Cleveland Indians full statement below:

The Major League Baseball Players Association has reportedly come to an agreement.

The baseball league will kick off the 2020 season in July, ending their hiatus due to the global health crisis, according to new reports from CBS Sports and ESPN on Tuesday (June 23).

According to the reports, players agreed to go to training camp on July 1, with a planned Opening Day for July 24. The season will consist of 60 games, and will end in September – which is less than half of the typical games played in a usual season.

The post-season will come to an end by October, which coincides with Dr. Anthony Fauci‘s recommendation that the sport “avoids” the colder late fall and winter season.

“Players would receive the full prorated share of their salaries — about 37 percent of their full-season salaries and around $1.5 billion total…players would not receive forgiveness on the $170 million salary advance they received as part of the March agreement and would get no money from the postseason,” ESPN reported.

The exact health and safety protocols have yet to be determined, according to CBS Sports.

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Major League Baseball stars, stadium workers and executives are set to be part of the first antibody study aimed at understanding the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

According to People, the study will include over 10,000 people and will help to provide an answer on just how many people have been infected in the United States.

The MLB players, and employees will have their fingers pricked for a blood sample, which will then be tested to see if they have any COVID-19 antibodies. If they do indeed have them, that indicates that they had COVID-19 at one point, even if they never showed symptoms.

Researchers say that the antibody test can also provide a better understanding of if having the virus will give people an immunity to ever having it again.

Almost all of the MLB’s 30 teams agreed to take part in the study run by Stanford University, the University of Southern California and an antidoping lab in Salt Lake City, and most participants will receive the testing kits by mail to their homes.

Unlike members of the NBA and NHL, the MLB has had no reported cases of players having the coronavirus.

However, the MLB has still postponed their season.