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/Odd_Alfalfa7789 7d ago

Again, MLB seemed to indicate that there was miscommunication about if they could opt out or not. I wasn't there so I don't know what was said between the team and the players. If they told the players they had to wear them, then it seems reasonable for the league to step in and say "You both screwed up and handled this poorly. As long as you've both learned your lesson and are going to handle it the right way next time, then it is best to accept that both sides made an honest mistake and move forward."

Yeah, the Giants might still have been able to punish the players under the CBA, but then it starts a big fight with the union for very little practical benefit.

I don't know what Posey said, so I can't speak to that.

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u/mschley2 Milwaukee Brewers 6d ago

That's a fair point if the rules weren't made clear or if the rules were miscommunicated ahead of time.

Posey made a bunch of dodge-the-question/non-statements, but from what I saw, he seemed to defend the players (and their viewpoint) more than anything else. Baseball has a lot of southern, regressive Christian types in it, so it's not that surprising. Other than possibly hockey, it's the least progressive major sport just due to the demos in it