{"id":37981,"date":"2022-06-05T20:27:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/some-tampa-bay-rays-players-opt-out-of-pride-night-uniforms\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T20:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T20:27:25","slug":"some-tampa-bay-rays-players-opt-out-of-pride-night-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/some-tampa-bay-rays-players-opt-out-of-pride-night-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Tampa Bay Rays players opt out of Pride Night uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tampa Bay Rays celebrated their 16th Pride Night celebration on Saturday at their game against the Chicago White Sox. But as the team was encouraging inclusiveness in society, the idea was far from unifying in the Rays clubhouse.<\/p>\n

Several Rays players, including pitchers Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson declined to wear the special caps with a multicolored Tampa Bay logo, opting instead for their everyday ones. <\/p>\n

The team also added a rainbow sunburst to the uniform sleeve for the game, similar to what the San Francisco Giants have done in support of the LGTBQ community. Players and staff were not required to participate, and several chose to remove the decal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of it comes down to faith, to like a faith-based decision,\u201d Adam said, according to the Tampa Bay Times. \u201cSo it’s a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is them to know that all are welcome and loved here. But when we put it on our bodies, I think a lot of guys decided that it’s just a lifestyle that maybe – not that they look down on anybody or think differently – it’s just that maybe we don’t want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who’s encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like (Jesus) encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside of the confines of marriage. It’s no different. “<\/p>\n