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Posted on 06/19/2026 4:49:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A Pennsylvania minor league baseball team has forfeited a scheduled game after several players refused to wear special jerseys planned for the organization’s annual Pride Night event.
The York Revolution announced Tuesday that its June 18 game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs would not be played after multiple players objected to wearing uniforms created for the promotion.
“It is with great disappointment that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18,” the team said in a statement. “Most significantly, the scheduled game between York and Southern Maryland will not be played and Pride will still be hosted as a free admission event.”
According to the team, several players informed club officials they would not participate if required to wear the Pride Night jerseys. Rather than compel players to wear the uniforms, the organization opted to cancel the game while proceeding with the event.
“Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more important than forcing players to wear jerseys they are not comfortable with and playing the game,” the team said.
The York Revolution said the contest will be recorded as a forfeit. Fans who purchased tickets for the game will be able to exchange them for any remaining regular-season home game, subject to availability.
The organization also announced a $10,000 donation to the Rainbow Rose Center, an LGBTQ advocacy group serving York and Adams counties.
“As a small token of our regret for the last-minute change of plans and support for our LGBTQIA+ representing partners, we are making a $10,000 donation to the Rainbow Rose Center,” the team said.
The Rainbow Rose Center expressed disappointment that the game would not be played but praised the decision to continue with the Pride Night event.
“For more than a decade, this event has represented far more than a baseball game,” the organization said in a statement. “It has been a celebration of visibility, belonging, and community.”
The group also said it appreciated that the team “chose to prioritize the continuation of Pride Night” and provide “a space to gather, celebrate, and be seen” for members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters.
The team did not identify the players who declined to wear the jerseys and has not announced whether any disciplinary action will be taken.
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You’d think the manager would have known this would happen days or weeks ago. Did they just spring the new uniforms on the players the night of the game?
Finally some sanity . Resist this LIB perversion idiocy!
It’s not a forfeit...It’s a Win in my book...with the players who stood up to the mandate.
That had to be quite a financial hit....to be willing to forfeit a game because of a patch on a jersey sleeve the team owner must a proper woke lunatic.
The queer mafia gets a win.
The manager probably wants to be called Loretta.
Is the owner a homosexual?
Team: We will forfeit the game. We don’t want to wear the jerseys.
Activists: We are politically powerful. We will destroy you.
Team: How much will it cost us for you not to destroy us?
Activists: $10,000.
Team: Okay.
Nice baseball team ya got there. It would be a real shame if something were to happen to it.
Good for them, now lets see more do the same thing.
This crap needs to stop. People are FED UP.
the sportsball fans need to stop buying tickets and watching games on teevee or it will continue ...
Leviticus 18:22: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination."
Leviticus 20:13: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them."
Trump should invite the push-backers to the White House.
Never happen. The US is full of lemmings. The addiction to watching sports baffles me.
GREAT!
It is not a patch. The uniform sleeves were the Fag Flag colors.
Sports players should not be subjected to events celebrating debauched, unhealthy and immoral lifestyles.
It doesn’t baffle me. Americans have an absolutely insatiable appetite to be entertained.
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