Giants, Dodgers to play first MLB game with both teams wearing Pride logos; several Tampa Bay players opted out earlier this season.
SAN FRANCISCO — A couple hours before first pitch here Friday night, a clubhouse attendant unboxed a fresh shipment of gear and made his rounds to every player’s locker. Inside each cardboard box were rows of brand-new ballcaps, each one adorned with rainbow-colored logos representing the LGBTQ community.
The expectation is that every uniformed Giants player and staff member will wear the Pride colors, the same as they did last year when the team became the first major professional sports franchise to visually celebrate the LGBTQ community on its jerseys. The Giants, long leaders among the sports world in the LGBTQ community ever since their inaugural “Until There’s a Cure Day” in 1994, became the first team to wear the Pride colors on their uniforms last season. Every player participated, and some, such as third baseman Evan Longoria, sported rainbow-colored armbands, as well.
Infielder Donovan Walton wasn’t here for the Giants’ first time wearing Pride uniforms last year, but Saturday also won’t be his first time wearing the Pride flag on the field. Walton participated in Pride Night with the Seattle Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, last season.
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