Pro baseball team forfeits Pride Night game after players refuse to wear themed jerseys, organization says

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A nonrecreational shot squad successful Pennsylvania volition beryllium forfeiting a crippled connected Thursday that was scheduled to beryllium the team's Pride Night aft players refused to deterioration LGBTQ-themed jerseys, the squad announced.

The York Revolution of the Atlantic League, the aforesaid league wherever Trevor Bauer presently plays, said the determination "was not reached lightly" successful announcing the forfeit to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs connected Wednesday.

The squad was not acrophobic to propulsion its players nether the autobus successful a alternatively scathing statement, saying it was "deeply troubled and profoundly disappointed by the decisions of these fewer players."

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Chris Vallimont pitching for York Revolution astatine WellSpan Park.

York Revolution starting pitcher Chris Vallimont delivers during the play opener against the Lancaster Stormers astatine WellSpan Park successful York, Pennsvlvania, connected April 21, 2026. (Dan Rainville/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"To beryllium clear; this enactment by the players is wholly inconsistent with our imaginativeness arsenic the Most Welcoming Place successful York," the team's connection continued.

The jerseys, which would person been worn connected the team's 11th yearly Pride Night, had rainbow sleeves.

The squad announced it would beryllium making a $10,000 donation to the Rainbow Rose Center "as a tiny token of our regret for the last-minute alteration of plans and enactment for our LGBTQIA+ representing partners ... to enactment and further their enactment successful making definite the York assemblage is arsenic inclusive arsenic we strive to marque WellSpan Park successful York, Pennsylvania."

Members of the York Revolution shot squad receiving title rings astatine WellSpan Park

Members of the 2025 Atlantic League Championship York Revolution person their rings earlier the play opener against the Lancaster Stormers astatine WellSpan Park successful York, Pennsylvania, connected April 21, 2026. (Dan Rainville/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Despite nary crippled being played, the Revolution volition inactive clasp a "free and amusive solemnisation of designation and inclusion" connected Thursday and connection exchanges for immoderate remaining 2026 regular-season location game, taxable to availability.

The squad did not instantly respond to an email asking who the players were, whether the players would talk to Fox News and whether determination would beryllium further punishment for the players.

The squad volition big a "Juneteenth Celebration" connected Friday.

The Revolution person won the Atlantic League successful each of the past 2 years and presently diagnostic erstwhile MLB alleviation pitcher Joely Rodriguez.

The forfeit comes little than a week aft San Francisco Giants players wrote Bible verses connected their Pride hats, which resulted successful warnings from Major League Baseball.