That’s the question posed by Kurt Weaver, the Executive Director of You Can Play, regarding how Pride events are handled in sports. Read more here, after the finger pointing, the absence of leadership, and the spin. The deadly earthquakes in Venezuela hit the baseball world hard. Venezuelan players in MLB played through the pain, and wore their hearts on their caps. Current and former players are rolling up their sleeves and organizing relief efforts to augment the donations from MLBPA Trust and individual teams. The LMBP season is suspended and Venezuelans just keep taking hits. The Men’s World Cup brings us an unlikely Pride Night with Egypt vs Iran where you can bring your own rainbow but not pre-revolutionary flags. Bosnia fans chant “Free Palestine” and we cheer for family making it through the immigration hoops. But FIFA is not political. In regularly scheduled MLB action, Pete gets to 500, Kyle gets to Pottymouth’s Posse, Jac gets back to Tampa, and Willson gets to hate on the Yankees. There is a Very Good Dog in Miami.

We say “shirtless man aspect to Pride activities.” “I fought the wall and the wall won,” and “Even the bigots are saying you guys are wrong.”
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