Giants fans boo Landen Roupp over Bible verses on Pride hat
Giants fans booed pitcher Landen Roupp, who defaced his Pride cap with a Bible verse, in his first home start since he started the fiasco.
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The San Francisco Giants have been in the news for all the wrong reasons this Pride Month. While the team used to be a symbol of LGBTQ acceptance in baseball, the opposite has been true ever since four pitchers protested Pride Night by scribbling Bible verses on their rainbow-colored hats.
The aftermath of the story just keeps chugging along, and the most recent development happened when one of the protesting pitchers made his first start since the controversy for the team on Friday at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
The turnout for the game was bad as it is. The team is one of the worst in MLB this season, and the off-field stories have only added to the poor reputation of the team.
Videos showed Landen Roupp getting a good number of boos when he was announced before the game. Take a listen.
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Roupp and the Giants lost the game to the Athletics 9-6. Roupp gave up six hits and two earned runs in six innings pitched. The game dropped the Giants 15 games below .500 on the season.
The 27-year-old starter previously talked about his religious background and the reasoning behind writing on his Pride cap on June 12.
“First of all, as a believer, I would push them to read the Bible,” Roupp said. “I think God has blessed me in so many ways, and I don’t think I would be here right now if it wasn’t for him.
“So, like I said, there’s no hate in it at all, you know, like I said, we live in a country where you’re welcome to believe what you want. There’s a freedom of speech and stuff like that, so that’s really all I have to say about that. I’m just thankful that God has put me in this situation and that I can go out and share his kingdom.”
Neither Roupp nor the team commented on the boos after his start.
The team has been trying hard to deflect from the situation and not answer questions regarding the controversy anymore, but the LGBTQ fans in the Bay Area will likely continue reminding them for quite some time.
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