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'They Watch The View': Former Giants Player Aubrey Huff Blasts The Giants Over Their Pride Night, And Says The LGBTQ Community Doesn't Watch Baseball
OPERATION SPORTS ^ | Jun 25, 2026 | Brenn Allen Flores

Posted on 06/25/2026 3:25:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Former San Francisco Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff has launched a profanity-filled attack over the club’s ongoing Pride Night controversy. The former Giant directed much of his criticism at the questions team president Buster Posey faced from reporters while defending what he believes Posey wanted to say publicly.

According to TMZ, Huff, who helped the Giants win World Series titles in 2010 and 2012, posted a series of messages on X after Posey declined to answer questions Tuesday regarding the organization’s Pride Night controversy, which has remained in the spotlight following Major League Baseball’s decision to warn several Giants pitchers for writing Bible verse references on their Pride-themed caps.

“I can pretty much guarantee you I know exactly what Buster wants to say about having to answer irrelevant non-baseball questions,” Huff wrote before launching into a lengthy homophobic rant that included multiple slurs and profanity directed toward LGBTQ people.

Huff Went On A Profanity-Filled Rant

In a separate post, Huff said he respected Posey but criticized what he described as a “gay monthly agenda” that had made its way into professional sports. “I respect the hell out of Buster Posey. We’ve won World Series, & shared amazing times with the @SFGiants during our tenure as players,” Huff wrote. “And it makes me puke watching him have to be force fed this gay monthly agenda that has somehow weaseled its way into every aspect of society.”

Posey had become the public face of the controversy earlier this week after meeting with reporters, but repeatedly declined to answer questions surrounding the Giants’ Pride Night and the league’s subsequent response.

The controversy began after Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, J.T. Brubaker, and Ryan Walker wrote Bible verse references on the brims of their Pride Night caps during the club’s June 12 game against the Chicago Cubs. Another reliever, Sam Hentges, reportedly wore the team’s standard cap instead of the Pride-themed version.

MLB later issued warnings to the players, stating they violated the league’s uniform policy prohibiting unauthorized writing or messages on playing equipment. League officials emphasized the warnings were based on uniform regulations rather than the religious content of the messages.

The incident has since expanded beyond baseball, drawing criticism from conservative commentators. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley even questioned MLB’s handling of the situation while requesting information on the league’s prior enforcement of its uniform rules.

Huff’s comments represent the latest in a long history of controversial public statements since his retirement. In 2020, the Giants declined to invite him to the franchise’s celebration honoring the 10th anniversary of its first World Series championship in San Francisco after he posted social media messages involving political violence and other inflammatory remarks.

He was later suspended from Twitter in 2021 over posts related to COVID-19, but regained access to his account following changes to the platform’s moderation policies after Elon Musk acquired the company. Despite his outspoken political commentary in retirement, Huff remains one of the more memorable contributors to the Giants’ championship era.

During the club’s 2010 title run, he famously revealed he had worn a red sequined thong as a good-luck charm after the team began winning consistently, saying he continued wearing it throughout the season because of the Giants’ success. Huff hit .290 with 26 home runs and 86 RBIs during that 2010 campaign before helping San Francisco capture its first World Series championship since moving from New York, and then again in 2012.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: california; fifa; giants; mlb; pridenight; soccer
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Why don't the Giants combat this by becoming the first all LGBT major league team? Think if the revenue they would being in.
1 posted on 06/25/2026 3:25:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Funny yet true.


2 posted on 06/25/2026 3:46:18 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: nickcarraway
Why don't the Giants combat this by becoming the first all LGBT major league team? Think if the revenue they would being in.No Balls!
3 posted on 06/25/2026 3:53:08 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: nickcarraway

Huff spent his first seven years with the then-Devil Rays, he was known for his intgerity then as well


4 posted on 06/25/2026 4:23:28 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

*integrity*


5 posted on 06/25/2026 4:23:56 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: nickcarraway

They’re too busy coloring their hair different shades of purple, pink, red, blue, etc.


6 posted on 06/25/2026 4:56:31 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

I sat next to lesbians often at a baseball game. He’s wrong.


7 posted on 06/25/2026 5:01:04 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nickcarraway

Someone in the Giants organization must have heard some homos talking about ‘pitchers’ and ‘catchers’ so surmised they were really into baseball.


8 posted on 06/25/2026 7:19:38 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Listen to me now, think about it later and cry about it some other day.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

How do you know they were lesbians?


9 posted on 06/25/2026 7:24:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Fair question. There were a group of them-ladies night out. Plaid lumberjack shirts. Manly looks.


10 posted on 06/25/2026 7:26:46 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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