– Pay a $1,000 fine for every game he wore the hat, donating the money to a charity of his choosing, most likely one related to the military. \n– Stop wearing the hat after July 4. \n– Agree to avoid criticizing baseball’s position on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“That didn’t sound very good to me. It was only going to be for another eight or nine games, and then I couldn’t even talk about it,” said Foulke. \nThe AP closes its story with the following:<\/p>\n
On June 24 in a game against Minnesota at Fenway Park, Foulke wore his special hat one last time. He doesn’t plan to put it on again, not wanting to risk raising any problems for the Red Sox. \nThis Sunday, though, Foulke will have an American flag on his cap – so will all major leaguers as part of baseball’s Fourth of July celebration. \n“I think it’s great that we do it on opening day and July Fourth and 9-11,” Foulke said. “But soldiers are fighting and dying every day, and I think I should be allowed to honor them by wearing that hat.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Speaking of fighting and dying, I refuse to comment on the Red Sox’s game escapades until we \na) win, or \nb) make a trade with more impact than Jimmy Anderson and Brandon Puffer. \nUntil then, I will talk about things that will not give me ulcers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A story ran today in the Associated Press about Keith Foulke’s little war with MLB over a Red Sox hat…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39750301],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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