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The San Francisco Giants have worn rainbow-colored hats on their annual celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community since 2021. But when\u00a0Pride Night\u00a0came to Oracle Park for 2026 on Friday, four of the five pitchers the Giants used in the game doctored their uniforms in what has been become an increasingly common form of protest from MLB players.<\/p>

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Giants starter Landon Roupp and relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker had verses from the Bible written on their hats, with Roupp and Brubaker writing on the front panels of the hat next to the rainbow-colored SF logo, while Walker wrote his on the side of his hat. Left-handed reliever Sam Hentges didn\u2019t wear the rainbow hat at all, sticking with the usual orange SF logo hat that the team otherwise wears.<\/p><\/div>

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JT Brubaker, SF Giants reliever, sharing biblical faith on Pride Night. Landon Roupp, Giants starter, did the same. Genesis 9:13 NIVI have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. pic.twitter.com\/jL9wsOOelE<\/p>\u2014 Mark Higuera (@mark_the_fig) June 13, 2026\n<\/blockquote> <\/div>

While it wasn\u2019t perfectly legible on the NBC Sports Bay Area broadcast, Roupp and Brubaker both appeared to have written \u201cGenesis 9:13-15\u201d on their hats. The New International Version of the Bible says that a rainbow represents the \u201csign of the covenant\u201d between God and the earth. Other Bible translations have that specific quote in slightly different parts of the ninth chapter of the book of Genesis. But the words that are referenced in that portion of the Bible\u00a0have been used by leaders in the Christian community to \u201creclaim\u201d the rainbow\u2019s symbolism from the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p><\/div>

MLB players have increasingly offered a silent-but-visible protest to Pride Night celebrations. In Los Angeles, retired Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw and current Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen spoke out\u00a0against the team\u2019s celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community before. Last year, Kershaw wrote that section of Genesis on his hat during the team\u2019s Pride Night. And this year,\u00a0Treinan decided not to wear the rainbow-colored hat on the team\u2019s most recent Pride Night, opting a regular white LA logo hat. Outfielder Alex Call\u00a0did the same, and each received praise by conservative media outlets for the move.<\/p><\/div>

There has been one Giants player who has done so before. In 2024, shortstop Nick Ahmed told the San Francisco Chronicle he wrote a Bible verse on his rainbow-colored hat. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.) Ahmed said he didn\u2019t know about that movement and said it was just about his faith. Until Friday night, no Giants player had declined to wear the rainbow-colored SF hat during Pride Night, making Hentges the first not to do so since 2021.<\/p>

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