- A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell first MLB player to kneel for the national anthem https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/23/as-catcher-bruce-maxwell-first-mlb-player-to-kneel-for-the-national-anthem/?deferjs=true&outputtype=default-article&tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.5dfd2a9c97f4 22 comments politics