Based: Texas Rangers Are the Only MLB Team Skipping “Pride Month” — Here’s the Patriotic Event They’re Hosting Instead
While every other MLB team is going all-in on Pride Month celebrations, the Texas Rangers are doing something different.
The Rangers are the only team in Major League Baseball that is not hosting an LGBT night or officially acknowledging Pride Month this year. Instead, they’re sticking to their values.
On June 18, the Rangers will host a Faith and Family Night at the ballpark. The event will feature personal testimonies from several Rangers players, including Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung, Cody Bradford, Jacob Latz, Jalen Beeks, and others, who will share how faith impacts their lives both on and off the field.
This is a refreshing stand in a sports world that too often feels pressured to push one particular agenda. The Rangers are choosing to celebrate faith, family, and the things that actually matter to a huge portion of their fans — especially in Texas.
Professional sports leagues have spent years forcing teams to dive headfirst into progressive social causes. Pride nights, rainbow logos, and special events have become the norm. The Texas Rangers are quietly showing that you don’t have to follow the crowd. You can respect your fans, honor traditional values, and still play great baseball.
This decision fits perfectly with the state of Texas — a place that still values faith, family, and freedom over corporate virtue signaling. Fans are noticing, and many are applauding the Rangers for putting substance over trends.
In a time when so many organizations bend the knee to whatever the current cultural moment demands, the Texas Rangers are standing firm. That’s rare these days, and it’s worth recognizing.
Well done, Rangers.
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Bruce Hoenshell is a military historian, he is one of the most prolific conservative writers today, often churning out multiple columns per week. His writings tend to focus on international themes, modern warfare. Style Sampling: “ It is not that we need social networking and Internet searches more than food and fuel, but rather that we have the impression that cool zillionaires in flip-flops are good while uncool ones in wingtips are quite bad.”
