Major League Baseball and commissioner Rob Manfred have allowed individual teams to hold Pride nights, but the league office has told teams that having players wear anything bearing logos for those…
Major League Baseball and commissioner Rob Manfred have allowed individual teams to hold Pride nights, but the league office has told teams that having players wear anything bearing logos for those events is a step too far.
“We have told teams, in terms of actual uniforms, hats, bases that we don’t think putting logos on them is a good idea just because of the desire to protect players,” Manfred told reporters on Thursday, according to the“Not putting them in a position of doing something that may make them uncomfortable because of their personal views.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been embroiled in controversy surrounding their Pride Night this year when they upset bothand Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams over the team’s decision to include the controversial group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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