\u201cGen 9:12-16\u201d<\/a> written on his cap, with the end of the verse bleeding into the rainbow \u201cSF\u201d logo. Relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker also had Bible verses on their caps, while Sam Hentges came out of the bullpen with the Giants\u2019 standard black cap with an orange logo rather than the Pride Night hat.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s just about God\u2019s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy,\u201d Roupp told reporters when asked about the Bible passage. \u201cThat\u2019s just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that, and I\u2019m thankful we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want \u2026 and express what we want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giants manager Tony Vitello was asked after Friday\u2019s 6-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs whether anything was discussed with the pitchers before the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really. I mean, just kind of a general knowledge of the individuals have the freedom to do what they think is best,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cBut I do think it\u2019s been apparent from day one, actually, even some of the exhibition games, it\u2019s pretty impressive how the Giants, as an organization, try and embrace the entire community. \u2026 We don\u2019t want to be divided, but you can divide it up into certain sections, if you know what I mean. And there\u2019s a pretty good trade-off. I mean, obviously, the success hasn\u2019t been what I want it to be, but even I feel it. The way they give back and embrace the team is different. \u2026 The crowds are bigger in numbers. There\u2019s a unique vibe to each night when there is a community recognized. So the back and forth there is good, and as always, even if our record was 20 games better than it was, you always want to give back more.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Giants were the first professional sports team to host a game that raised awareness and money for the HIV\/AIDS epidemic with \u201cUntil There\u2019s a Cure Day\u201d in 1994. And in 2021, they became the first team to incorporate the rainbow colorway on their on-field caps for their annual Pride game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After three San Francisco Giants pitchers appeared in Friday\u2019s game with Bible verses written on their Pride Night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,5157,85],"class_list":["post-739259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}