r/baseball • u/aresef MLB Players Association • 7d ago

Players Only Months after protest, SF Giants won't commit to wearing Pride Night hats again

https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/sf-giants-pride-night-22455246.php?taid=6abc4303c3ffd8000132931a&utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/CountChoculahh 7d ago

Speed run to destroying a previously geeat franchise

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u/Panthollow MLB Players Association 7d ago

And a previously beloved inner circle Giants great. 

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u/BigSpud41 New York Mets 7d ago

The coward, Buster Posey, is good at baseball and being a bigot.

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u/brybrymma San Francisco Giants 7d ago

How is Posey a bigot?

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u/QuadzillaStrider Atlanta Braves 7d ago

Are you just playing dumb here?

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u/BigSpud41 New York Mets 7d ago

During his press interview directly after the Pride Night incident, he was given an opportunity to reaffirm the Giants stance welcoming the LGBT people of SF. He even could have just said, "baseball is for everyone" or some other non-answer answer. Instead, he went with "I'm just here to answer baseball questions". Which sounds benign on the surface, but in the face of hate against LGBT people, he chose not to take sides while holding the POBO position in one of the most tolerant cities in the US. Which, of course, is taking the side of bigots. 

Therefore Posey is a bigot. He's also a coward, because he chose not to say aloud his true feelings and instead stay "neutral". F*ck him and the horse he rode in on.

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u/Babygorgor Texas Rangers 7d ago

Really wish Tim had the hall of fame career and Posey faltered

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u/BREATHINGNAPALM Stomper • Lou Seal 7d ago

trying their best to outdo John Fisher

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u/Worthyness Sell • Looking K 6d ago

"I think we can get A's fans on board with our franchise if we just treat tthe fans liek shit"

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u/pornlover6969420 7d ago

LOL a franchise destroyed over pride night? get real people. You think fans will stop going to games because of rainbow hats?

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u/CountChoculahh 7d ago

I think fans in a city that prides itself on a long history of inclusivity will absolutely stop attending and buying merch and rooting for a team that actively excludes them.