MLB commissioner tells Sen. Hawley Giants players won’t be disciplined over Bible verses on Pride Night hats

Retired NHL star Jeremy Roenick discusses the DOJ's referral of MLB to the EEOC for investigation over a Pride Night controversy involving Bible verses on Giants caps on ‘Sunday Night in America.’

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verse references on their Pride Night hats will not face fines or discipline over the incident, while defending the league’s uniform policy at the center of the controversy.

In a June 19 letter posted to X by Hawley on Monday, Manfred said MLB’s office issued "a routine oral warning" after Giants players added biblical references to caps with the team’s Pride logo. But he said the warning came before the league learned the Giants had not clearly told players they could wear regular caps instead.

"The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be," Manfred wrote.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp wrote "Genesis 9:12-16" on his Pride-Night themed hat. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

However, at least one Giants player did opt out of the Pride Night cap. Reliever Sam Hentges wore the team’s standard cap instead of the Pride Night version during the game.

SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM MLB ON 'PATTERN OF DISCRIMINATION' OVER WARNINGS TO GIANTS PLAYERS

Hawley characterized the response as an admission from MLB that the league had been "wrong to threaten the Giants players over Bible verses." The Missouri Republican sent Manfred a June 16 letter asking why MLB warned players for "publicly expressing their Christian faith" on their caps during San Francisco’s Pride Night.

The exchange came after Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the