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Buster Posey, Larry Baer, and Greg Johnson huddle together.

Doofus Chaplain Takes The Giants’ Pride Night Victimhood To Instagram

Buster Posey at his stupid press conference.

Putting The “Buster” In Buster Posey

T Brubaker of the San Francisco Giants pitches with bible crap scrawled on his cap.

MLB Pride Nights Co-Opted And Consumed By Owners And Culture-War Freaks

Lauren Theisen

A Delta Air Lines banner ad for Pride Night is seen behind Casey Mize #12 of the Detroit Tigers as he pitches

End MLB Pride Nights

Travis Dermott Made The NHL Blink

Ray Ratto

TAMPA, FL - MARCH 7: Players from the Tampa Bay Lightning skate during warmups with special hockey tape for Pride Night against the Philadelphia Flyers at Amalie Arena on March 7, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images)

The NHL Skates Backward

Tom Ley

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 13: in Game Five of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The NHL Scurries Away From Its Pride Night Problem

Ginny Searle is a writer and editor at Baseball Prospectus.

Ginny Searle

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks to the assembled press before a Brewers home game in May of 2023.

The Wrong Lessons Learned

A rainbow Red Sox logo on the video board at Fenway Park

No Straights At Pride Night

Finally, A Night Where It’s Safe To Be Christian At The Ballpark

David Roth

Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics holds the ball while Jimmy Butler makes a Jimmy Butler Face in an Eastern Conference Finals game..

Podcasts

Sacred Oafs, Holy Madmen, Culture Wars, Things Of That Nature

A member of the Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence participates in a Pride event.

Dodgers Reverse Course, Apologize For Taking Marco Rubio Seriously

Members of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence pose at a pride event.

Dodgers Cave To Culture War Crank And Senator From Other Side Of Country, Disinvite Venerable Charity Group From Pride Night

Laura Wagner

James Reimer #47 of the San Jose Sharks skates to the goal after a time out afl at SAP Center on November 03, 2022 in San Jose, California.

Pride Night Homophobe Tracker: San Jose Sharks Goalie James Reimer

Kelsey McKinney

John Tortorella Stands Behind Ivan Provorov’s Homophobic Refusal To Wear Pride Jersey

Samer Kalaf

A detail of the Tampa Bay Rays pride burst logo celebrating Pride Month during a game against the Chicago White Sox at Tropicana Field on June 04, 2022 in St Petersburg, Florida.