{"id":2290126,"date":"2024-07-07T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strange-national-anthem-standoff-nearly-delays-yankees-game\/"},"modified":"2024-07-07T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:07:21","slug":"strange-national-anthem-standoff-nearly-delays-yankees-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strange-national-anthem-standoff-nearly-delays-yankees-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange &#8216;National Anthem Standoff&#8217; Nearly Delays Yankees Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstrange-national-anthem-standoff-nearly-delays-yankees-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a playful &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-national-anthem-standoff-ends-in-ejection-for-two-mlb-players\/\" title=\"Video: National Anthem Standoff Ends in Ejection for Two MLB Players\">national anthem standoff<\/a>&#8221; that \u200boccurred \u200bbetween players from the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds during a Fourth of July game.\u2064 The players engaged in a competition to see who could outlast each other\u200c in staying on the\u2063 sidelines\u2063 after the national anthem ended. The standoff lasted\u200d so long\u2064 that it delayed the\u2063 start of the game. Ultimately, \u2062one of the Cincinnati pitchers emerged as the winner. Such standoffs \u2064are spontaneous and provide a lighthearted competition within the game. Unlike previous incidents where players were ejected, \u2063this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-iowa-officer-has-long-criminal-history\/\" title=\"Suspect in fatal shooting of Iowa officer has long criminal history\">standoff ended<\/a> without any ejections. The article also mentions a similar incident \u2063involving players \u200dfrom the Boston \u200bRed Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 7, 2024 at 6:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A game within a game led to players from the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds standing on the sidelines long after the national anthem ended during their Fourth of July game at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Yankee pitchers Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet, both on the injured list, tried to wait out Cincinnati pitchers Graham Ashcraft and Carson Spiers during a \u201cnational anthem standoff,\u201d the object of which is to be the last player to go into the dugout, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/04\/sports\/yankees-reds-game-delayed-by-national-anthem-standoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff lasted so long that all four remained as Yankees players took the field for the start of the game, pitcher Marcus Stroman warmed up, and home-plate umpire Alan Porter indicated the stunt had lasted long enough. A prompt from the third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nationals-manager-rips-out-first-base-kicks-it-across-field-after-wild-ejection\/\" title=\"WATCH: Nationals Manager Rips Out First Base, Kicks It Across Field After Wild Ejection\">base umpire<\/a> also did little to end the standoff.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like we have a July 4th national anthem stand-off going on here between the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yankees<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reds?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Reds<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IypDpi9iJm\">pic.twitter.com\/IypDpi9iJm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Goodman (@MaxTGoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxTGoodman\/status\/1808909691163988379?\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spiers went into the dugout moments before Yankees manager Aaron Boone summoned his players to avoid the start of the game being delayed. That left Ashcraft the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Poteet said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cameraman-saves-reporter-baseball-fires-toward-insane-yankees-braves-matchup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contest<\/a> erupted spontaneously after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-diamondbacks-host-first-catholic-spirit-night\/\" title=\"Arizona Diamondbacks to hold inaugural Catholic spirit night.\">pre-game ceremonies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a normal anthem, since they had the color guard, so we were standing there a little extra anyway. We noticed they were still standing, so we wanted to see who could outlast each other. We took it all the way to the last bit, close to the game starting. Just a little fun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a little competition within the game. It\u2019s probably the first one I\u2019ve been a part of,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t even planned,\u201d Ashcraft said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/05\/sports\/how-the-epic-yankees-reds-anthem-standoff-went-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Graham Ashcraft and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reds?\">@Reds<\/a> win the standoff! \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhcApBnxJv\">pic.twitter.com\/UhcApBnxJv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1808913325117391111?\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAll of us we\u2019re glancing over. We saw they weren\u2019t moving. One of the guys told Carson to stay. I was like, \u2018I\u2019m staying with you because I\u2019m not moving. I don\u2019t have anything to do today.\u2019 I\u2019m staying until I win, get ejected or both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to win, you\u2019ve got to win \u2014 right?\u201d Ashcraft added.<\/p>\n<p>Ashcraft had pitched Tuesday as the Reds defeated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ny-yankees-legend-lowers-boom-woke-culture-covers-nike-logo-jersey-old-timers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yankees<\/a> 5-4, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/news\/national-anthem-standoff-reds-graham-ashcraft-yankees\/ca18ed03725a0a1db15f3926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There were no ejections, leaving the participants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/national-anthem-standoff-leads-ejections-fines-2-mlb-pitchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more fortunate<\/a> than Kutter Crawford of the Boston Red Sox and Matt Strahm of the Philadelphia Phillies who were each thrown out of a game last year when they indulged in a standoff, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/boston\/red-sox\/kutter-crawford-matt-strahm-ejected-and-fined-anthem-standoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Strahm, who played with Crawford during a stint with the Red Sox, said it was simply men being boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZero of it was planned. Just, (the) anthem was over, and I looked across and Kutter kind of gave me a grin, and I know exactly what that grin meant, so [I] just stood there,\u201d Strahm said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have an old fashioned standoff between Kutter Crawford and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattStrahm?\">@mattstrahm<\/a> \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/InglMFjufR\">pic.twitter.com\/InglMFjufR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Bradford (@bradfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradfo\/status\/1654992531870892036?\">May 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you know me, you know competition is everything to me, so kind of felt like I was being called out right there. Looking back on it, probably not the wisest decision I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-people-were-vicious-i-saw-all-kinds-of-illegal-behavior-michigan-election-witness-who-saw-4-am-illegal-ballot-drop-for-biden-speaks-out-video\/\" title=\"&quot;These People Were Vicious - I Saw All Kinds of Illegal Behavior&quot; - Michigan Election Witness Who Saw 4 AM Illegal Ballot Drop for Biden Speaks Out (VIDEO)\">\u2019ve made<\/a> in my big league career,\u201d he said then.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports writer Jack Davis reported on a playful competition that occurred between players from the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds during their Fourth of July game at Yankee Stadium. The competition, known as a &#8220;national anthem standoff,&#8221; involved players trying to outlast each other by remaining on the sidelines after the national anthem ended. The standoff lasted so long that it almost delayed the start of the game, with Cincinnati pitcher Graham Ashcraft ultimately being declared the winner. The players involved described the competition as spontaneous and a fun way to add some extra excitement to the game. Similar standoffs have occurred in the past, with some resulting in ejections, but this particular one ended without any consequences. The article also included a note from the deputy managing editor urging readers to support The Western Journal in their fight against misinformation and corruption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2290127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Reds-Yankees-Standoff.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33763,4703,26740],"class_list":["post-2290126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-national-anthem","tag-standoff","tag-yankees"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Reds-Yankees-Standoff.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}