A Bible verse is written on the Pride Night cap worn by San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp as he throws against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, June 12, 2026.(Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
But how long will major league sports retain their influence on mass culture?
The San Francisco Giants baseball team recently held a Pride Night. As part of the evening’s pageantry, they required players to wear a Giants cap that had been rainbow-fied for the occasion. Two Christian players wrote Bible verses on their caps, pointing to the passage of Genesis in which God makes the rainbow a sign of his covenant with humanity never to destroy the earth with a flood again. MLB and the Giants have warned those players that future violations could result in punishment.
This is far from the first controversy about Pride celebrations and American sports, and probably far from ...
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