Ex baseball player Carlos Delgado been doing this many years ago..
Delgado has discussed the fact that for some time now he has made his way into the dugout, out of sight, rather than stand on the field for the playing of "God Bless America." Delgado opposes the war in Iraq, an opinion buttressed by his longstanding disagreement with the Navy's presence on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, which the Navy used as a weapons testing ground for 60 years.
"I never stay outside for 'God Bless America,' " Delgado told the Toronto newspaper. "I actually don't think people have noticed it. I don't [stand] because I don't believe it's right -- I don't believe in the war."
http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1845388&columnist=kreidler_mark
Delgado has discussed the fact that for some time now he has made his way into the dugout, out of sight, rather than stand on the field for the playing of "God Bless America." Delgado opposes the war in Iraq, an opinion buttressed by his longstanding disagreement with the Navy's presence on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, which the Navy used as a weapons testing ground for 60 years.
"I never stay outside for 'God Bless America,' " Delgado told the Toronto newspaper. "I actually don't think people have noticed it. I don't [stand] because I don't believe it's right -- I don't believe in the war."
http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1845388&columnist=kreidler_mark