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MLB issues verbal warning to Giants pitchers over writing on Pride Night caps
Major League Baseball issued a routine warning to San Francisco Giants players after three pitchers wrote a Bible verse on their rainbow-colored caps during the team's annual Pride Night game. The league said the action violated uniform regulations that bar any writing on apparel.
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Major League Baseball issued a verbal warning to three San Francisco Giants pitchers after they wrote the Bible verse "Gen 9:12-16" on team-issued caps during the team's Pride Night game on June 13 at Oracle Park. The pitchers were Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker.
The league said the warning was a standard application of its Uniform Regulations, which bar players from writing, attaching, or displaying messages on apparel or equipment. "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," MLB stated.
The Giants have held "Until There's a Cure Day" each year since 1994, when the team became the first professional sports franchise to stage a benefit for AIDS research.
Rob Schneider said he would pay any fines MLB players might face for writing Bible verses on their uniforms.
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