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MLB Says Giants Won’t Be Fined Over Bible Caps

6/23/2026

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told Senator Josh Hawley Giants players will not be fined for Bible verses on Pride caps.
The warning followed a June 12 Pride Night game where pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wrote Genesis references on rainbow caps.
Manfred’s June 19 X letter said the uniform rule, bargained with the Players Association, bans all apparel messages and that the Giants’ Pride-emblem exception is “grandfathered.”

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told Senator Josh Hawley Giants players will not be fined for Bible verses on Pride caps.
The warning followed a June 12 Pride Night game where pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wrote Genesis references on rainbow caps.
Manfred’s June 19 X letter said the uniform rule, bargained with the Players Association, bans all apparel messages and that the Giants’ Pride-emblem exception is “grandfathered.”