Minor League Team Refuse to Wear Rainbow Jerseys Forcing 'Pride Night' Forfeit of Game

Townhall ^ | 06/18/2026 | Julia Cassidy

[SeekAndFind]

Last night, the York Revolution forfeited their minor league "Pride Night" game after their players refused to wear jerseys that had rainbow logos stitched on the sleeves. The organization placed the entire blame on its players in a statement posted on its website. 

It is with great disappointment that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th. 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. Everyone’s tickets for the game on Thursday will be treated as a rainout that can be redeemed for any future game.

This decision was not reached lightly. 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.

🚨 JUST IN: Tonight’s LGBTQ pride game has been *CANCELED* by Minor League Baseball team York Revolution after the absolutely BASED players REFUSED to wear rainbow jerseys

Bravo, patriots! 👏🏻

NO MORE of this pride BS. Keep pushing back! MLB teams should do this! pic.twitter.com/0HRW0UCQrs— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 18, 2026

Of course, the organization won't give up on the virtue signaling, so they are instead hosting a "free and fun celebration of recognition and inclusion," and will be donating $10,000 to a local LGBTQ center, to "support and further their work in making sure the York community is as inclusive as we strive to make WellSpan Park in York, Pennsylvania." 

BREAKING: Minor league baseball team ‘York Revolution’ in PA was forced to CANCEL their Pride Night baseball game after players REFUSED to wear the rainbow Pride jerseys.

The team's club is now hosting a separate pride event without any baseball game.

Good on the players for refusing to participate in pushing radical gender ideology and standing up for their beliefs!

pic.twitter.com/OFXPK8mcA8— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026

The protest follows a week of controversy surrounding some San Francisco Giants players' decisions to write Bible verses on their "Pride Night" caps. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred quickly issued a statement warning the players of a uniform violation after the media condemned the move. Others jumped to the players' defense, however, with comedians and elected officials vowing to pay any imposed fines, and writing letters to the Commissioner defending the players' actions and right to express their beliefs. 

While corporations and organizations don't seem interested in retiring the relentless virtue-signaling campaign any time soon, it's refreshing to see some resistance to and support for traditional religious values. 

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
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[BFW]

Being forced to support anything is an ugly and repugnant thing. It’s about time there is push back.

Well done York Revolution!

Bravo!

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[lightman]

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

BOOM!

[lightman]

TPTB realize that the tide is turning.

Better a forfeit than a First Amendment lawsuit.

W I N N I N G !

[Windcatcher]

GOOD FOR THEM!!!

Perhaps there’s hope for my Commonwealth yet. Stand up for what you believe in. If you don’t, you’ll regret it and losing a single game matters nothing compared to the course of a man’s life and his integrity, which is forever.

[antceecee]

Too bad, so sad… not!

[antceecee]

Amen!

[bray]

God bless these brave men.

[Az Joe]

The San Francisco Giants will not draft them. lol

[lightman]

I truly believe that the York (my home town) Revolution has lived into its name and launched a volley that is being heard around the world.

At their home games a cannon is fired whenever they make a home run and today there has been one massive

BOOM

[OrangeHoof]

You say you want a revolution...well, you know...
We all want to change the world...

[gildafarrell]

Hooray for this team for refusing to be forced into situation they do not support. Kudos!

[equaviator]

[Bullish]

Well, York Revolution gained a new fan in me then.

[Adder]

So wearing their regular jerseys was not an option for team management?

That’s a huge pile of steaming woke right there.

Huge applause to the players for shutting down this crap.

[Da Ninja]

“Forcing ‘Pride Night’ Forfeit of Game”

So no other alternatives huh?

How very tolerant of other views. /s/

[Da Ninja]

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 lunatic.