She named her son after a Giants player. Her husband proposed at a game. She feels betrayed by the team.

This is part of Outsports’  series of “Dear Giants” letters written by San Francisco Giants fans and sent to the team after their mishandling of this season’s Pride Night, with Bible verses written on Pride caps by three players intending to send an anti-gay message during Pride Night.

Annie S. has been a San Francisco Giants fan for decades, marking some incredible life milestones with the team, including her engagement to her husband and the birth of her son.

In the growing aftermath of the team’s Pride Night debacle, she continues to be increasingly disappointed with the team, as he expressed powerfully in her lengthy “Dear Giants” letter.

As the Giants management continues to drag this out now past the All-Star Break, Annie said they are now past the point when a nice apology can fix it.

“It seems a bit late for any meaningful apology, especially after what they have put out via press releases or social media, which is a non-apology. “Don’t know if they would be willing to own their failings and actually do something to make amends, like significantly contributing to a pro-LGBTQ+ nonprofit, but maybe that would help.

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“It seems tantamount to papering over a huge hollow space.”

Annie addressed her “Dear Giants” letter to four people in the organization: Buster Posey, Roscoe Mapps, Tony Vitello and Senior Vice President of Communications & Community Relations Shana Daum.

In sending her letter, Annie started with a quote from the 2026 San Francisco Giants Media Guide Value Statements:

“We embrace our responsibility to lift our community. We unleash our collective power by fostering inclusion and embracing diversity of background and thought.”

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Dear Giants,

Apparently, despite reports of pre-event discussions among players concerning their approach to Pride Night and a “collective decision” presented to so-called team leaders, no one thought to remind Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, Ryan Walker and Sam Hentges of these value statements adopted by their team.

The response from management has been similarly lacking after these “Christians” felt it necessary to make it clear that they do not respect or support LGBTQIA+ people, and to opt out of that purported responsibility to lift the Giants’ community.

Would Giants management tacitly allow players to decline to wear Gigantes jerseys or the San Francisco Seals uniforms worn to celebrate Black Heritage Day, and later just say, “Sorry if you’re offended”?

The particular Bible passage these players referenced on their Pride Night hats, while wielded by far-right religious extremists to “reclaim the rainbow” from being a symbol of gay pride, actually expresses God’s pledge to protect every living creature, not just “true believers.” Their display of ignorance goes beyond a disingenuous claim that they were only affirming their faith.

The Giants have played a big part in our family history.

My first date with my husband happened when he asked, “Who wants my extra ticket to come to the Giants game?”

He proposed to me in the afterglow of the Giants beating L.A. while we waited to exit the parking lot at Candlestick.

Our firstborn’s middle name is Mays. He rooted for “Wee Tok” before he could pronounce Will Clark.

Both our kids attended Giants games in San Francisco and San Jose from before the time they were born. They ditched school to attend World Series victory parades.

After years of unlucky numbers in my program, I finally got to pick then–San Jose Giant Pablo Sandoval to play “Smash for Cash.” And I’m unsure which one of us was more excited when he hurled a baseball and successfully shattered the junker’s headlights — He got a hundred bucks, and I won a t-shirt and a hug from Gigante.

For years I have typically observed Orange Fridays by wearing an orange Giants t-shirt and my current orange and black sneakers.

But I could not bring myself to fly the team colors yesterday and appear to condone the team’s tolerance of bigoted behavior.

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I would have hoped that any of you might have taken the time to proactively educate those pitchers about the Giants’ long history of recognizing the significance of the LGBTQIA+ community in the city their team calls home, and how the Giants were trailblazers in demonstrating their alliance with its efforts for social justice. To explain that wearing a rainbow SF logo is an act of brotherhood, supporting the marginalized like Jesus did, which should align with their professed beliefs.

Short of that, I would have thought Mr. Vitello or Mr. Posey might have said, “You can either wear the team’s uniform for the day, or you can go home.” Problem solved.

Where’s the principled, or even just plain practical, leadership? The team’s record this season is already depressing enough.

At every turn, it seems the Giants are determined to exemplify mediocrity and poor judgment.

I am beyond disappointed by the organization’s failure to have the nerve and brains to figure out a way to allow these self-righteous hypocrites to assuage their guilt without ruining what was supposed to be a day of celebration.

Nothing like it, indeed.

Annie S.

If you are a longtime San Francisco Giants fan and sent a letter to the team expressing thoughts about their Pride Night debacle, DM us on social media or email us at team@outsports.com

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