Rob Schneider Defends MLB Players Wearing Bible Verses During Pride Night

Rob Schneider is showing his support for professional athletes who want to wear Bible verses on their team uniforms.

"Dear professional baseball players, ANY player in ANY professional LEAGUE who is FINED by their league for refusing to be FORCED to participate in WOKE LEFTIST AGENDAS, who refuses to wear ridiculous uniforms (or cleats), @TPUSA and I will PAY any and ALL of your fines!" Schneider, 62, wrote via X on Thursday, June 18. "You signed a contract to play baseball, you didn't sign a contract to go against your deeply held Christian religious beliefs. Baseball is our National Pastime, not Drag Queen story hour."

He signed the post with his name and Turning Point USA, which is the nonprofit organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk that advocates for conservative politics.

Schneider has been an outspoken critic of Major League Baseball after three San Francisco Giants pitchers - Landen Roupp, J.T. Brubaker and Ryan Walker - wrote a variation of verse Genesis 9:12-16 on their Pride Night hats, which establishes a rainbow as the permanent sign of God's covenant with Noah and all living creatures on Earth.

According to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the three players were reportedly "issued warnings" about the hats.

In a statement, a Major League Baseball spokesperson said the organization's "routine verbal warning" to the Giants players had "absolutely nothing to do" with what they had written on their hats specifically.

"We respect players' right to free expression," the league said on Tuesday, June 16. "We have given the same warning numerous times in the past to players for messages such as ‘Dad,' ‘Happy Mother's Day, I Love Mom' and names of family members."

Schneider, however, continues to criticize the MLB for how they allegedly treated the Giants players.

"Baseball players signed up to play baseball. What part of their contract says, ‘Oh, you have to promote our leftist ideology that may be against your religious beliefs?'" he asked during a Tuesday appearance on Fox News Live. "Why are they trying to make baseball gay? We have enough gay sports."

None of the Giants players were fined or subjected to any disciplinary action.

Pride Night with the Giants was an event held on June 12 at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The event included pregame festivities, in-game celebrations and a postgame fireworks show featuring music of LGBTQIA+ artists.

"I think that you have the right as a player to believe and say whatever you want," Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow told the San Francisco Chronicle on Monday, June 15. "But you have to take a broader look at the city you're playing in. What makes San Francisco so great is the acceptance of others - ethnicities, opinions, cultures - and that extends to the gay community."

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This story was originally published June 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM.