A minor league baseball team in Tenne see sent an American flag-themed tweet to Colin Kaepernick on Wednesday. The team later waved a white flag of surrender.

The Tenne see Smokies, the Cubs' affiliate in the Double-A Southern League, were responding to Kaepernick's disapproval of a July 4-themedNike shoe that included a depiction Larry Doby Jersey of an early U.S. flag.The Smokies' social team tweeted images of a so-called Betsy Ro s flag that the team's grounds crew drew in thedirt around second base.The team included Kaepernick's Twitter handle and made reference to Nike's slogan, Zach Duke Jersey "Just Do It."

After the Twitterverse had its say, the Smokies deleted the tweet after and i sued an apology to people who may have been offended. They did not apologize to Kaepernick.

Regarding one of our recent tweets regarding and our field design for tonight's game, it was meant to be a light-hearted take on a current situation. We did Brad Miller Jersey not mean to offend anyone by it. If it did, we certainly apologize.

Tenne see Smokies (@smokiesbaseball)

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Twitter commenters made sure everyone could still see the deleted tweet.

Not to worry, I have a screenshot of you endorsing systematic racism and violating the flag code.

(((Catherine))) (@pantone165)

The Wall Street Journal that Nike halted the release of its Air Josh Tomlin Jersey Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July shoe after Kaepnerick, a Nike endorser and a former NFL quarterback, objected to the company stitching Betsy Blank Jersey Ro s flags into the backs of the shoe. According to the Journal, Kaepnerick a sociates the flag, which Ro s supposedly helped to design in the 1770s, with slavery.

The stars in the flag represent the 13 original U.S. colonies, who declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, and fought the British army in the Revolutionary War to ensure that independence. The stars are arranged in a Matt Belisle Jersey circle in the upper left corner.

Kaepernick, 31, has not played in the NFL since the end of the 2016 season. He sparked a national firestorm that year with his protests of police brutality and racial injustice during the playing of the national anthem before games.