MLB Draws Backlash After Warning 4 Giants Pitchers Over Bible Verses on Pride Night Caps
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
MLB Draws Backlash After Warning 4 Giants Pitchers Over Bible Verses on Pride Night Caps
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
Four San Francisco Giants pitchers were warned by MLB after writing Bible verses on Pride Night caps, turning a routine uniform-enforcement issue into a broader public dispute.
MLB said Tuesday the warning was verbal, not disciplinary, and based solely on a rule barring any writing on uniforms or equipment, adding that players have previously been warned for messages such as family names.
Josh Hawley asked Commissioner Rob Manfred for records from the past five years on similar warnings and on league-approved social or political messaging, arguing the case suggests anti-Christian discrimination.
Rob Schneider and Kevin Sorbo amplified the controversy on X and offered to help cover any fines, widening the backlash beyond baseball.
The episode also revived comparisons with 2023, when Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw wore a Pride Night cap marked "Gen 9:12-13" without the same public warning.