Bob Gibson unhappy with some Cardinals fans’ opinions on Black Lives Matter movement

Hall of Fame hurler Bob Gibson isn’t happy with how some Cardinals fans are treating the Black Lives Matter movement 

There are few people in St. Louis more beloved than former Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson. He spent 17 memorable seasons in the bigs, all with the Cardinals. However, that doesn’t mean the Hall of Famer is happy with everything he’s seeing from the fanbase right now.

Gibson, a nine-time MLB All-Star, has voiced his happiness in seeing teams across the majors step up and promote the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as acknowledging the racial injustices all over the country. However, Gibson has also seen how Cardinals fans have reacted to Black Lives Matter and didn’t hesitate in sharing his disappointment.

In an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Chris Hummel, Gibson came out and said he himself had to deal with some racism while with the Cardinals. In addition, he feels some of the Cardinals fans who are against Black Lives Matter don’t understand exactly what folks are protesting.

“I’m listening to some of that stuff that Cardinal Nation is coming up with and they just don’t have a clue,” Gibson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “They say that kneeling has something to do with disrespecting the flag and it has nothing to do with the flag. It’s so sad that adults don’t understand what’s going on in this country and never did understand.

“What they’re arguing about now is the same thing that happened to me when I came up. I saw they’re ticked off at (Jack) Flaherty because he feels for the problem that’s been there. What’s wrong with feeling some remorse for what’s happened for the last 400 years?”

Ahead of Friday’s game, Cardinals players, in a showing of unity, all rocked Black Lives Matter shirts. As soon as they posted about it on Twitter, there were many fans who provided negative feedback with tweets of their own. This only further proved Gibson’s point that there’s some division among fans and the movement.

Gibson will go down in history as one of the best St. Louis pitchers of all time. Right now, though, he’s more focused on Cardinals Nation getting together with the team in the fight against racial inequalities. We’ll see if his powerful words make a difference with fans out there.