Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw makes delicate religion assertion throughout Satisfaction Night time
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw goes viral on social media after showing to put on a hat with a Bible passage written on the entrance throughout the group’s Satisfaction Night time celebration.Â
Kershaw wore a Dodgers hat with a rainbow-colored staff emblem throughout Friday’s sport in opposition to the San Francisco Giants.Â
Screenshots of the published shared on social media confirmed that the message “Gen 9:12-16” was additionally written on the entrance, seemingly in reference to Genesis 9:12-16.Â
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws in opposition to the New York Mets throughout the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium June 3, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Photographs)
The passage referencing God’s covenant with Noah factors to the rainbow as an indication of that promise.Â
The Dodgers didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.Â
Kershaw notably protested the group’s resolution in 2023 to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence earlier than the staff’s Satisfaction Night time sport that season. The three-time Cy Younger Award winner stated his opposition was primarily based solely on the group’s mockery of Christianity.Â
“I don’t agree with making enjoyable of different folks’s religions,” Kershaw stated. “It has nothing to do with something apart from that. I simply don’t assume that, it doesn’t matter what faith you’re, it is best to make enjoyable of someone else’s faith. So, that’s one thing that I undoubtedly don’t agree with.”
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw reacts in opposition to the New York Mets throughout the first inning at Dodger Stadium June 3, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Photographs)
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Kershaw stated on the time that his problem was particularly with the group and that he had no intentions to boycott Satisfaction Night time.Â
“This has nothing to do with the LGBTQ group or Satisfaction or something like that,” Kershaw informed the Los Angeles Instances. “That is merely a gaggle that was making enjoyable of a faith that I don’t agree with.”
Friday marked the Dodgers’ twelfth annual Satisfaction Night time occasion.Â
Folks play a kickball sport in heart discipline earlier than a sport between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers throughout the twelfth annual LGBTQ+ Satisfaction Night time at Dodger Stadium June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Sarah Morris/Getty Photographs)
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Not lengthy after dealing with backlash in 2023, the Dodgers introduced they might even be internet hosting Christian Religion and Household Day for the primary time since 2019.Â
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