Jun 16, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers relief pitcher Cal Quantrill delivers a pitch to the Minnesota Twins during the fourth inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images
(Arlington, Texas) – The Texas Rangers remain Major League Baseball’s lone Pride Night holdout, and the team’s Faith & Family Night is drawing fresh attention during a week of league-wide debate over Pride events.
The Rangers’ official specialty-night calendar lists Faith & Family Night for Thursday, June 18, against the Minnesota Twins at Globe Life Field. The event includes an exclusive program featuring Rangers players discussing how faith shapes their lives on and off the field.
The contrast is getting national attention because the Rangers are still the only MLB franchise without a Pride Night, even as the rest of the league has embraced some form of LGBTQ-focused ballpark event. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the organization this week, pointing to the Faith & Family event while criticizing MLB’s warning to San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on Pride Night caps.
The Rangers have previously pointed to other community work, including LGBTQ-related outreach and sponsorship of the 2022 Gay Softball World Series, but the club has not added a Pride Night to its schedule. That keeps the team at the center of a sports culture fight where supporters frame the decision as a stand for faith, while critics say MLB’s ‘baseball for all’ message should include LGBTQ fans in Arlington too.