Exclusive | Giants pitchers give explosive tell-all interview about MLBs biggest scandal: Lots of bigot comments
ATLANTA — Ryan Walker is accustomed to getting messages from upset fans after poor performances on the mound.This is the first he’s ever heard about his sartorial choices.And the feedback has been flowing fast and furious.“Lots of ‘bigot’ comments,” Walker told The California Post.
“There’s been some good ones too mixed in there.It was expected.”None of the four pitchers — Landen Roupp, J.T.
Brubaker, Sam Hentges and Walker — who protested in various forms during the Giants’ annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration last week, however, expected to draw this level of attention.“It was just one of those things where we’ve seen other baseball players do it, so we went along with it,” said reliever J.T.Brubaker, who along with Walker and starter Landen Roupp displayed their objections over their faith by inscribing versions of the bible verse Genesis 9:12-16 on their caps alongside the rainbow logo the team has worn for the annual game since 2021.Sam Hentges opted out entirely by wearing the Giants’ normal black and orange hat.“Not just to go along with it, but those are our beliefs,” Brubaker continued in an interview with The Post.“We felt there wasn’t going to be as much kickback on it.
… Players have done it in the past and it didn’t seem like it was blown up that big.”The move got the attention of everyone from the MLB league office, which issued a warning to the three players who wrote bible verses for making alterations to their uniforms, to the Vice President, with J.D.Vance offering his support of the players’ decision.The public furor has seen the Giants issue an apology for any “pain and anger” their players’ actions caused, while adding that “individuals may make personal choices about participating in team activations.”“I expected some of those [negative] comments, but did I expect it to get this big? Not necessarily,” Walker said.
“At the end of the day, we stood for what we believe in.All the lov...