{"id":359752,"date":"2026-06-13T22:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359752\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:44:19","slug":"sf-giants-landen-roupp-explain-bible-verse-on-pride-night-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359752\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants’ Landen Roupp explain Bible verse on Pride Night cap"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Giants wore special black caps in honor of Pride Night on Friday at Oracle Park, the \u201cSF\u201d logo featuring every color of the Progress Pride flag<\/a>. Nearly every Giant who saw the field wore the cap, but three Giants inscribed a message on their hats, while one player avoided the Pride cap entirely.<\/p>\n

Starter Landen Roupp, who allowed four runs over 4-2\/3 innings\u00a0in the Giants\u2019 5-1 loss<\/a>, had \u201cGenesis 9:12-16\u201d inscribed on his cap. Reliever JT Brubaker had \u201cGenesis 9:13-15\u201d written on his cap. Reliever Ryan Walker, recalled before today\u2019s game<\/a>, had a message on the side of his cap that was indiscernible on television cameras.<\/p>\n

Left-handed reliever Sam Hentges opted out of the Pride cap entirely, wearing a standard Giants cap with a black base, black brim and orange font.<\/p>\n

The biblical passage, from the story of Noah\u2019s ark, states that the rainbow is a symbol of a covenant between God and all living creatures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just about God\u2019s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that his faithfulness and his mercy,\u201d Roupp said. \u201cIt\u2019s just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that. Thankfully, we live in a country where we have the freedom to believe what we want and express what we want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roupp could not recall previously inscribing that message on his cap during a game. Asked why it was important to write that message tonight, he replied, \u201cThe rainbow is a symbol of God\u2019s covenant to us, and us as believers stand firm in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not anything \u2014 there\u2019s no hate at all,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just what I stand for and what I stand (on). I believe in God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roupp was then asked for his response to members of the LGBTQ+ community who might take offense at his messaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, as a believer, I would push them to read the Bible,\u201d Roupp said. \u201cGod has blessed me in so many ways, and I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be here right now if it wasn\u2019t for him. Like I said, there\u2019s no hate in it at all. We live in a country where you\u2019re welcome to believe what you want. It\u2019s freedom of speech. That\u2019s really all I have to say about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manager Tony Vitello replied \u201cnot really\u201d when asked if he was involved in any pregame discussions about the writing on the caps.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust kind of a general knowledge of the individuals that have the freedom to do what they think is best,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cI do think it\u2019s been apparent from Day 1 \u2014 actually, even some of the exhibition games \u2014 it\u2019s pretty impressive how the Giants, as an organization, try to embrace the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen did not wear the team\u2019s Pride-themed cap during Pride Night. Last season, Clayton Kershaw also wrote \u201cGenesis 9:12-16\u201d on his cap when the Dodgers hosted the Giants for their Pride Night. In 2024, former Giant shortstop Nick Ahmed had \u201cGenesis 9:16\u201d on his cap when the Giants hosted Pride Day.<\/p>\n

The Giants have a long history of promoting the LGBTQ+ community. In 1994, they were the first professional sports team to host an HIV\/AIDS awareness game. In 2015, the team signed an amicus brief in support of same-sex marriage. In 2021, the Giants became the first team to incorporate Pride colors into their on-field uniform for their Pride game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Giants wore special black caps in honor of Pride Night on Friday at Oracle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2135,184,7,32099,23726,402,181,1334,395,182,101,396,4820,103,102,104,106,105,127],"class_list":["post-359752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-baseball","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-giants-alert","tag-giants-hq","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-peninsula","tag-pm-report","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}