MLB commissioner: Botched guidance left Giants players unclear on Pride Night opt-out

The MLB says it will not discipline players who displayed Bible verses on their uniforms during a Pride Night game earlier this month after warning them about rules regarding on-field displays and political speech.

In a letter to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), MLB commissioner Rob Manfred chalked the warning up to a “lapse in communication” between the San Francisco Giants and pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, who wore Bible verses on their Pride Night ball caps.

The players’ decision prompted the MLB to issue a warning to the three Giants, which it said at the time “had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message.”

Hawley had written to MLB asking it to clarify its........

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