I’m your Samwise Gamgee

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo and it’s worth fighting for.

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

who don't agree. Baseball was better when it left all of that at the gate.
If MLB values the diversity it promotes, that has to cover diversity of belief, including the beliefs of its own players. Withdraw the warning. Let players answer the league's message with one of their own

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

@MLB Mr. Courtney,
I'm a baseball fan writing to disagree with MLB's decision to warn Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker for writing Bible verses on their Pride Night caps.
Start with the consistency problem. MLB designed those caps to carry a message. ....

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

Many families come to the ballpark precisely because it has been common ground, a place where the scoreboard decides the night and the culture fights stay outside. Turning the uniform into a platform for contested social messaging pushes those families away and conscripts players

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

shouldn't be warned for declining quietly.
I'll go further on the choice itself. A Pride Night cap is a form of social signaling. It's a public display of alignment that costs the league nothing and tells fans little about the game in front of them.

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

Punishing that tells every player of conscience he may endorse the league's values or keep quiet, but he may not respectfully disagree. Players shouldn't be drafted into a celebration that cuts against their sincere beliefs, and they certainly

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

That isn't neutrality. It's compelled speech.
Roupp wrote "Gen 9:12-16," the passage where the rainbow is named as a covenant. He didn't deface the cap or attack anyone. He answered a message he was required to wear with one drawn from his faith.

[I’m your Samwise Gamgee @imyoursamwise]

Once the league turns a uniform into a billboard for one viewpoint, it can't credibly claim that "no personal writing" is a neutral rule. What the league is really enforcing is that its preferred message may sit on a player's head while the player's own convictions may not.

[Erika Kirk @MrsErikaKirk]

Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.