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Emotional MLB broadcaster throws a fit over pitchers wearing Bible verses on hats during Pride Night 57%
By Bobby Burack0%
6/18/2026, 11:25:56 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 32 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Indoctrination, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 148 hits. Analysis detected 1,377 faulty-reasoning hits from 560 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 54.1% and a BS Rank of 57% (9,475 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 56.70% of the article peer group.
Longtime San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is throwing a fit because a group of MLB players included Bible verses on their hats during Pride Night.
"I think when you’re a player and you come into this environment, it’s your responsibility to know just how sensitive this city is in regards to that cultural freedom and religious freedom, and just the way that you live your life," Krukow said on KNBR.
"And I think they were in for a rude awakening with the response, and it wasn’t just from the gay community; it was from the Northern California community that supports the gay community."
Krukow was referring to Giants pitchers Ryan Walker, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Sam Hentges.
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The broadcaster then defended the Giants organization, citing the franchise's long history of supporting the LGBTQ community.
"There’s an irony too because the Giants organization is getting dumped on as well, and that hurt me," Krukow added.
"It hurt me because I saw in 1994 that they were the first team to ever take on the challenge of going against public opinion and the outrage of even associating with the gay community, and they openly went out and said, ‘We support the gay community.
We support until there’s a cure day.
We are going to raise money to fight AIDS.
We support the community.’
And they did it with love."
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For the record, Krukow had no such issue when Colin Kaepernick disrespected the military community by kneeling during the national anthem in his city of San Francisco.
Elsewhere, MLB threatened to discipline San Francisco Giants players for inscribing Bible verses on their Pride hats.
The league says the players' actions violated its uniform policy, which prohibits "writing of any kind" on uniforms.
"To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message," the league said in a statement.
"We respect players’ right to free expression.
However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s uniform regulations, which provide in part that, ‘(a) player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment...’"
Of course, that is not exactly true.
As OutKick reported earlier this week, MLB previously allowed political messages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Of course, that is not exactly true.
As OutKick reported earlier this week, MLB previously allowed political messages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Put simply, as much as people like Mike Krukow might enjoy it, there is no reason for MLB to hold Pride Nights in 2026.
And no player should have to participate in them.
The league is grandstanding.
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As Vice President JD Vance joked this week about MLB's warning to the Giants players who wore Bible verses on their hats.
"Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore" Vance posted on X.
We suspect Mike Krukow is about to throw another fit, this time over Vance's post.
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