The hottest topic in baseball is whether it’s OK for MLB players to have Bible verses written on their rainbow-inspired hats when the team is celebrating Pride Night.
Appearing as a guest on “The Will Cain Show” on Wednesday, former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens suggested players should be able to vote whether they wear the special hats.
“I think if you took a vote amongst the players if they were wanting to wear this or that, it would have been a different outcome of what would have been said,” Clemens said. “Alter our uniforms all the time with numbers or somebody that’s passed away. I know that one time in Boston, Larry Bird retired, … they put 33 on in a silver marker on the hat so I could honor Larry Bird.”
“I did it for my Mom and my grandmother. I mean, they were the reason why I was there, and I love it that these guys show that the blessings the Lord has given them. To be out there on that field. That’s the way it was for me.”
Clemens is correct; modified uniforms have always existed in baseball. The Angels’ uniform this season features a patch that says “GA” honoring Garret Anderson, who passed away in April. During last year’s World Series, Dodgers and Blue Jays players wore modified hats that featured the number “51” in honor of Alex Vesia, who was away from the Dodgers in what was later revealed as a sudden loss of his newborn daughter.
On Monday, MLB issued a warning to Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker after they altered their Pride Night hats and added Bible verses.
Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen was the first pitcher to enter a game this year with a Pride Night hat with a Bible verse written on it.
Last season, Treinen was in the public eye after paying tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk by having his name written on his hat after Kirk was assassinated.
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