Boston Red Sox viewers watching the Opening Day broadcast on New England Sports Network were shown an ad featuring Vice President Mike Pence and two ads featuring homosexuality-affirming messages.
Pence was the most prominent figure in an ad designed to aid the re-election campaign of President Donald Trump (and Pence). A group called America First Policies, a 501(c)(4) organization that supports Trump's policies, produced the ad, called "America Back To Work," which features a clip of Pence giving a speech June 12 about the country's recovery from coronavirus. The ad only briefly shows an image of President Trump, signing a trade deal.
The normally chatty and opinionated Boston Red Sox television broadcasters gave the team's massive Black Lives Matter banners a good leaving alone when it came to commentary Friday night.
During the Opening Day broadcast, the festive Dave O'Brien, Jerry Remy, and Dennis Eckersley offered opinions on baseball strategy, Mookie Betts's new contract in Los Angeles, what they would do with $60 million after taxes, wardrobe sense, and even Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's coronavirus performance (which they pronounced good). But the multiple Black Lives Matter displays drew a just-the-facts description from play-by-play guy O'Brien, followed by silence.
