Stepping up to the plate

STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE: Carlos Delgado, a Puerto Rican who plays baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, drew boos recently at Yankee Stadium for his quiet protests of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "God Bless America" has been played at Yankee Stadium at every game since September 11, 2001, and the players usually come to die top of the dugout or stand in silence on the field.

Delgado stays on the bench or disappears into the dugout tunnel. Yankee fans booed him when he came to bat and chanted "USA! USA!" when he made an out. Delgado thinks the war in Iraq is "the stupidest war ever" (Associated Press).

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