Consumer group criticizes MLB after it scolded pitchers for writing Bible verses on hats

By Tate Miller
The Center Square

In light of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) reprimand of players who wrote Bible verses on their pride night hats, consumer protection organization Consumers’ Research launched what it calls a “Woke Alert” on the organization for prioritizing political ideology while stifling Christian beliefs.

Executive director of Consumers’ Research Will Hild told The Center Square how “the MLB has a history of choosing politics and woke ideology over consumers and has consistently prioritized left-wing ideology.”

“We saw this woke display when the San Francisco Giants players were punished for expressing their religious beliefs, and again when the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted a drag queen group who openly mocked religious nuns,” Hild said.

“The MLB also relocated the All-Star game in protest to a Georgia election law,” Hild said.

Hild stated that “these decisions are not about consumers, but about pushing a political agenda.”

Hild said that when companies prioritize ideologies, “consumers should contact these companies and organizations and tell them to stop prioritizing woke politics.”

Neither the San Francisco Giants nor MLB has esponded to The Center Square’s request for comment.

The Woke Alert said that “in a stunning display of wokeness, the San Francisco Giants hosted a ‘Pride Night’ game this weekend where a drag queen officiated the vow renewals of 10 couples.”

“During the woke celebration, three of the Giants pitchers came with Bible verses written on their hats,” the alert said.

“The MLB subsequently issued warnings to these players stating that this and similar behavior would not be tolerated,” it said.

Players wrote a number of verses from Genesis 9, which in part reads: “Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

According to Consumers’ Research, the MLB’s chief communications officer, Pat Courtney, said: “The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations.”