MLB warned three Christian pitchers for writing a Bible verse on their caps.
Clayton Kershaw wrote the same verse last year and never heard a word from the league.
Now a former NFL captain is telling those pitchers exactly what to do next.
Brewer Tells Christian Players to Lock Arms and Keep Writing
Jack Brewer played eight years in the NFL and captained the Minnesota Vikings.
He's not letting Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker stand alone in this fight.
"My message to all you San Francisco Giants players is we got your back," Brewer told Fox News Digital. "As they fine you, we'll buy more jerseys."
Asked what the pitchers should do next, Brewer didn't hesitate.
"Do it more," he said.
The three pitchers wrote "Gen 9:12-16" on their rainbow-themed Pride Night caps Friday at Oracle Park.
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That's the passage where God sets the rainbow in the sky as His covenant never to flood the earth again.
It's the same verse Christians have used to reclaim the rainbow symbol for two decades.
MLB chief communications officer Pat Courtney issued the league's response by Monday.
"The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations," Courtney said.
Brewer wasn't buying the "normal practice" line for a second.
"Man, I think it's disgusting," he said.
The Receipt MLB Can't Explain Away
Reliever Sam Hentges skipped the rainbow cap altogether Friday and wore the Giants' regular black and orange instead.
He wasn't disciplined either.
So the only players who paid a price were the three who used the cap MLB handed them and wrote Scripture next to the rainbow logo.
That warning landed inside 72 hours.
Kershaw's never came at all.
Brewer says that timeline tells you everything.
"You're forcing a Christian to support June as Pride Month?" he said. "There's no bigger violation to Christianity than Pride Month."
He pointed out that leagues guard their trademarked colors and logos like sacred objects, fining players for the smallest gear violations, then waive every rule the moment Pride messaging shows up.
"All of a sudden, during Pride Month, they're switching their logos to rainbow, but yet a player can't stand out against that?" Brewer said. "It's hypocrisy."
He's watched the same playbook creep into his own league.
"All but like eight teams came out and changed their logos to be pride flags," Brewer said. "This is the same league that when I played, if my sock fell down and I didn't pull it up, I got fined."
Washington and Hollywood Just Made This MLB's Problem
Brewer wants a class action lawsuit, and a senator just started building the paper trail for one.
Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter Tuesday to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred demanding written answers for what he called "a pattern of discrimination within MLB against baseball players who profess their Christian faith."
He reminded Manfred that MLB let players display Black Lives Matter messaging on the field back in 2020 without a single warning.
"When three players added a handful of characters citing the Book of Genesis to their caps, the league reached for its rulebook," Hawley wrote.
He demanded a full five year history of every warning, fine or discipline MLB has issued under this uniform rule.
Manfred has until Friday to answer.
Before he could, Hollywood started cutting checks.
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Actor Rob Schneider posted Monday that he'll personally pay the fine for any Christian MLB player who writes a Bible verse on his cap, branding the league "ANTI-CHRISTIAN" to his 2.2 million followers.
Kevin Sorbo backed him within the hour.
That's a senator demanding records and two actors offering to bankroll defiance, all before Manfred has explained why Kershaw walked and Roupp didn't.
Brewer says the league already knows it can't.
"To force someone's faith like that, and to put them in a compromised situation where they gotta go out there and market to millions of people something that goes directly against their religion," Brewer said, "it should be criminal."
"Pick up your cross and follow me," he said, quoting Scripture. "This is your time to take a stand."
Sources:
- Jackson Thompson, "Ex-Vikings captain calls on MLB players to double-down on faith amid Pride Night cap controversy," OutKick, June 17, 2026.
- "Major League Baseball warns San Francisco Giants players for writing Bible verses on Pride Night hats," OutKick, June 2026.
- "Republican senator demands answers after MLB warns players against writing Bible verses on caps," Yahoo Sports, June 16, 2026.
- "Hawley Demands Answers from MLB for Penalizing Christian Players," Office of Sen. Josh Hawley, June 16, 2026.
- "Rob Schneider vows to pay fines for MLB players who wear Bible verses on uniforms," OANN, June 16, 2026.
- "Major League Baseball faces backlash for its stance on Christians writing Bible verses on Pride caps," OutKick, June 16, 2026.
