"I think when you’re a player and you come into this environment, it’s your responsibility to know just how sensitive this city is in regards to that cultural freedom and religious freedom, and just the way that you live your life," Krukow said on KNBR."And I think they were in for a rude awakening with the response, and it wasn’t just from the gay community; it was from the Northern California community that supports the gay community."The San Francisco Giants Pride Night logo is displayed during an event in San Francisco, Calif.Krukow was referring to Giants pitchers Ryan Walker, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Sam Hentges.DIAMONDBACKS PITCHER RYAN THOMPSON DEFENDS GIANTS PLAYERS WHO WROTE BIBLE VERSES ON PRIDE NIGHT HATSThe broadcaster then defended the Giants organization, citing the franchise's long history of supporting the LGBTQ community."There’s an irony too because the Giants organization is getting dumped on as well, and that hurt me," Krukow added."It hurt me because I saw in 1994 that they were the first team to ever take on the challenge of going against public opinion and the outrage of even associating with the gay community, and they openly went out and said, ‘We support the gay community.
We support until there’s a cure day.We are going to raise money to fight AIDS.
We support the community.’ And they did it with love."San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp wrote "Genesis 9:12-16" on his Pride-Night themed hat.(Thearon W.
Henderson/Getty Images)CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFor the record, Krukow had no such issue when Colin Kaepernick disrespected the military community by kneeling during the national anthem in his city of San Francisco.Elsewhere, MLB threatened to discipline San Francisco Giants players for inscribing Bible verses on their Pride hats.The league says the players' actions violated its uniform policy, which prohibits "writing of any kind" on uniforms."To be clear, this routine verbal warning no...