That's when Buster Posey, the franchise's beloved catcher-turned-President of Baseball Ops, sat in the dugout hours before first pitch and fielded questions from a group of ...hungry ...
reporters.Shockingly, they all wanted to talk about the Pride night fallout.And, somewhat shockingly, Posey refused to answer a single question about it.Not one.
Not even a little bit.MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WARNS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PLAYERS FOR WRITING BIBLE VERSES ON PRIDE NIGHT HATSBuster Posey, president of operations for the San Francisco Giants, makes a statement at Oracle Park in San Francisco ahead of an MLB game against the Athletics on June 23, 2026.(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)Things got tense, and awkward, and so uncomfortable to the point that a Giants PR person had to step in and threaten to end the availability if the questions about Pride night didn't end.What a scene.Take a look:Reporter: Question about Pride night.Posey: Baseball questions only.Different reporter: Question about Pride night.Posey: Again, baseball questions ONLY.Rinse, wash, repeat.
That's it.Well, to be fair, we did get one Rafael Devers question mixed in, but that was it.Side note: You know things are bad in San Francisco right now when Buster Posey is thrilled to hear a question about Rafael Devers.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PITCHER WRITES BIBLE VERSE ON HAT IN DEFIANCE OF PRIDE NIGHTA special logo for Pride Night is displayed at Oracle Park in San Francisco on June 12, 2026.
(Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images)What a mess.What a bungled mess.It all stems from the team's June 12 Pride Night game, in which players wore rainbow hats.
Four of them chose to also write Bible verses on the front of their caps.The rainbow hats infuriated the right.The Bible verses infuriated the left.
Shockingly, we were all mad at each other.DOJ CRACKING DOWN ON MLB FOR POTENTIAL RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AFTER PRIDE NIGHT CAPS CONTROVERSYThe outrage bled into the political world (aga...