Phillies Player Wows People With ‘Humble’ Act Showing Respect for Military Members

A baseball player surprised people on X, formerly known as Twitter with a "humble" act that showed respect to U.S. Military service members.

Kyle Schwarber, an outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies was seen shaking the hand of every U.S. military service member who left the field prior to Monday night's game against the Atlanta Braves in a video posted to X by Patrick Webb a writer with the Leading Report news website. The Phillies ended up winning 7-1.

https://twitter.com/RealPatrickWebb/status/1704268620157616541

Several people took to X to respond to Schwarber's simple act of respect for the service members.

"Nice to see a pro athlete humble enough to show respect to those who serve our country," Philip Caraher wrote in a post . "Nice job Schwarber!"

https://twitter.com/PhilCaraher/status/1704296320410763407

Another user, Joe Andre wrote , "as much as he drives me nuts, I love this dude for all of the off the field contributions."

https://twitter.com/eaglesjoejoe612/status/1704512497556820031

"Can't stand the Phillies but major major respect here!" another person wrote in a post .

https://twitter.com/_NimaG_/status/1704313177167847866

Schwarber's act of respect for the military members comes as several athletes and teams continue to kneel in protest of the National Anthem.