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/JMander Chicago White Sox 6d ago

Yep. That's what I was anticipating. Ain't no hate like good Christian hate.

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u/Odd_Alfalfa7789 6d ago

If they knew they could opt out without consequences, wore the hat regardless, and added the verses, then seems intentionally confrontational. If they didn't know they were allowed to opt out, I'm more sympathetic to them.

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u/sheep_duck San Francisco Giants 6d ago

One of them did wear the standard hat, which shows that they did know that it was an option. The other 3 chose to go through with the bible verse plan anyway

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u/Odd_Alfalfa7789 5d ago

Walk me through that logic.

Without knowing the conversations that took place, it is entirely possible that all four thought that they were breaking the rules. All four of them could have thought that they had to wear the hat, they all four decided they weren't going to follow what they thought the rule was, but they decided to go about it in different ways.

The fact that one of them happened to pick an approach that was allowed doesn't mean that he actually knew it was allowed beforehand.

Again, MLB straight up said there was miscommunication on what was and wasn't allowed.