The team is offering both a promotional ticket package with a wearable Pride flag and an upgraded VIP Party bundle featuring live music by DJ Rosie, pregame spread, and a visit from the Oriole Bird.īoston Red Sox: June 15 vs. That’s just the start of Orioles LGBTQ+ Pride Night.
One of the most impressive baseball sights in June is Baltimore’s collection of Progress Pride flags along Eutaw Street at Camden Yards (above) -the classic red brick of the B&O Warehouse seems to make the garden of rainbows pop even bolder. Washington Nationals Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Their Pride tumblers look like a much sleeker design, too, but the addition of a rainbow tomahawk feels like a unfortunate “Born This Way” lip sync for your life between John Wayne and Johnny Depp’s Tonto.īaltimore Orioles: June 22 vs.
No doubt inspired by this disrespect, Atlanta went on to win the World Series in order to give their promotions department reason to reply, “Sorry, we were too busy concentrating on CHAMPIONSHIP RING swag.” This season, the Braves are bringing back DJ Kimber for a pregame party and making a donation from each ticket sold to Lost-N-Found. Last year, I threw a bit of shade at the Braves for their basic “rainbow A” cooler bag promo. It’s a great way to invite their entire fanbase to stand with the LGBTQ community and hopefully this idea will catch on throughout MLB.Ītlanta Braves: June 22 vs. But this won’t just be part of a special ticket package- Arizona will be giving away Pride T-shirts to the first 15,000 fans who enter Chase Field. Like most other teams, the Diamondbacks will be showcasing a D-backs Progress Pride T-shirt as part of their promotion. Here is the Outsports 2022 MLB Pride Guide…Īrizona Diamondbacks: June 25 vs.
This season, we get to show up to ballparks around the country and remember what it’s like to be a community again.įrom the Giants and Dodgers taking the field in rainbow caps to the Blue Jays scheduling a full weekend of festivities to the Pirates and Tigers enabling fans to choose their own philanthropy, there are numerous reasons to serve rainbow realness at the ballpark next month. Last year, MLB Pride was about being there when we needed something to celebrate. We’ll give the Yanks half-credit for bringing back their Stonewall Scholarships for 2022 because while that technically counts as a Pride announcement, so far they’re asking LGBTQ students to do all the work.) Apparently, Yankees PR is run by Axl Rose. (The Yankees being the Yankees, it appears they’re arriving to the party fashionably late to ensure everyone sees it when they make their Legacy of Pride Night announcement. Included in those festivities will be 28 Major League Baseball teams celebrating their LGBTQ fanbases during Pride month. In most major league cities, June will mark the first full return of Pride celebrations since 2019.