# Baseball players and the flag on their jersey

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 7, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901 "2001-11-07T00:16:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![theretsof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@theretsof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theretsof)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901/1 "2001-11-07T00:16:08Z")

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What did the Canadian MLB players have on their jersey? Frankly I didn’t think of this 9/11 \> [ball games] \< playoffs.

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901/2 "2001-11-07T01:31:48Z")

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They also wore American flags.

If you watch hockey, you will see the coaches wearing the red-white-and-blue ribbon, even the coaches of Canadian teams.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901/3 "2001-11-07T01:59:15Z")

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The more relevant fact is that players who weren’t from the US (of which there are many in MLB) also sported American flags.

During the Gulf War, I believe that the NHL players wore UN decals.  
However, the present situation isn’t a UN operation.

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**Author:** ![theretsof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@theretsof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theretsof)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-players-and-the-flag-on-their-jersey/91901/4 "2001-11-07T18:32:38Z")

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I don’t really find that more relevant. I very much doubt that the players had any choice (though even if they did, it would be ugly if a player decided not to wear the flag. He’d be hated more than Rocker).

Guess I lost the bet. I bet a friend that Montreal and Toronto wore Canadian flags…

Thx for the info.