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The No Kansas City Royals 10 players in a 4-game series to play against the Toronto Blue Jays under Canadian law on the COVID-19 vaccine.
While Royals found a way to win In the first game of the Thursday series, much was done about comments from non-traveling players.
Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield said Wednesday that he would have caused a lot of turmoil and might consider vaccination if he was on a team competing in the playoffs.
“It’s a conclusion I’ve reached, based on experience, conversation, and what I’ve seen,” Merrifield said Wednesday. “Right or wrong? I didn’t do it on a whim. I’ve been thinking for a long time because I understand what Canada is doing right now. That’s the only thing I’m thinking about getting it at this point. That’s why. Go to Canada.
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“It may change in the future. Something may happen and I happen to join a team that has a chance to play in Canada in the postseason. It may change. But I’m sitting here now, so I Is comfortable. In my decision. My teammates support the rest of us here who have made the same decision as me. And that’s it. “
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It was incompatible with club fans and Royals president of Dayton Moore baseball, who worked on Merrifield’s comments on the show radio show in Kansas City.
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“It can be very difficult and sometimes wrong to express emotions and emotions,” Moore said Thursday. “When I first heard it, I was pretty disappointed and pretty tired, to be honest, but I also know it’s different from Whit. I started communicating with Whit about it. When he made it very clear how sorry he was it came out and I have to accept it and move on
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“And I’m not going to kick him when he collapses because he knows what Merrifield means to our team and the great work he’s doing in our community. I think it was a very poor choice of words. ”
Merrifield has recorded .248 in 84 games in two all-star selections. 2022 Major League Baseball Regular season.
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