“We waited until the game was finished to show our respect for opening day of America’s favorite national past-time, unlike Donald Trump who couldn’t be bothered to show up for a presidential tradition that lasted for a century until today,” one of the protesters, Jason Charter, wrote in an email Monday night.

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(While many presidents have thrown out opening day first pitches, the tradition has flagged in recent years; Trump hardly broke a century-old tradition.)

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“The banner that was unfurled after the game violates our guest conduct policy,” a team spokeswoman said in a statement. “It was promptly confiscated by security.”

Charter wrote that he and Ryan Clayton of Americans Take Action — who have executed similar stunts in recent months — simply walked in with the banner, and that its deployment lasted a few minutes and was met with cheers. The slogan was presented on a 27-by-21-foot Russian flag, and urged resistance.

“American Presidents for the last 100 years have thrown out the first pitch on baseball’s opening day, so it’s a significant day in both sports and politics,” Charter wrote. “Normally, the President has the common decency to celebrate this day with most Americans, but with a [low] approval rating, Donald Trump was apparently too scared to show his face for fear of being booed out of the stadium.”