MLB accused of 'double standard' after calling out players' Bible messages despite backing BLM in 2020
Major League Baseball (MLB) is facing mounting backlash over threatening to discipline San Francisco Giants players for inscribing Bible verses on their Pride hats — a move critics say reflects...
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is facing mounting backlash over threatening to discipline San Francisco Giants players for inscribing Bible verses on their Pride hats — a move critics say reflects the league’s growing embrace of progressive social causes at odds with its fan base. MLB said the players' actions violated its uniform policy , which prohibits "writing of any kind" on uniforms, despite the league previously allowing political messages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The league’s warning came after three Giants players — Landen Roupp, J.T. Brubaker and Ryan Walker — wrote a passage from Genesis 9 on the franchise’s "Pride Night" caps. The verses in white lettering detailed the Christian understanding of the rainbow as a covenant between God and every living creature after the worldwide flood described in the first book of the Bible. GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are demanding answers, citing a "pattern of discrimination" against Christian players in the league. DAN DAKICH RIPS MLB FOR WARNING GIANTS PLAYERS WHO WROTE BIBLE VERSES ON THEIR PRIDE HATS: 'SHUT UP' "The freedom to live out one’s faith does not end at the ballpark gate," Hawley wrote in a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred on Tuesday. The three Giants players have not yet been fined or punished by the league. But if the league decides to pursue disciplinary action, Hawley said in an interview with "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show" Wednesday that he would subpoena Manfred to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and examine the league’s antitrust exemption. Hawley argued that the league’s enforcement of its uniform policy during the "Pride Night" episode stands in sharp contrast to its encouragement of players to embrace the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. That year, several franchises in the league inscribed pitcher’s mounds and jersey patches with messages stating "Black Lives Matter" and "United For Change." Hawley also noted the lea…