The Los Angeles Dodgers held their annual Pride Month game on Friday evening, as the team took on the Los Angeles Angels.
The game was a thrilling one. The Dodgers topped their cross-town rivals in walkoff fashion. Los Angeles Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending Dodger Stadium into a frenzy.
"I missed a 3-1 fastball and against Kirby (Yates), you gotta look up because of his splitter," Freeman said after the game. "So I was looking up, trying not to swing at the splitter and luckily, I was able to get the fastball."
But that wasn't the biggest story from the game, at least in some social media circles. Instead, it was two Dodgers players refusing to wear the team's special Pride Night hats, which featured the classic "LA" logo in rainbow form.
During the game, two members of the Los Angeles Dodgers - relief pitcher Blake Treinen and outfielder Alex Call - were the lone members to not wear the rainbow pride hat. Instead, they wore the typical blue and white Dodgers hat.
The Dodgers had a special night for Pride Night
The Dodgers, meanwhile, had tributes for some former players who have come out, along with other events.
"The Dodgers Pride Night event kicked off with festivities celebrated throughout the ballpark. Before the first pitch was thrown, the Dodgers unveiled a display that they said would be permanent in the stadium," the California Post reported.
"The display features pictures and a rainbow on the wall of former Dodgers players Glenn Burke and Billy Bean, who were the first professional baseball players to openly come out as being gay after they retired."
The Dodgers are 42-23 on the season, as they look to defend their World Series championship.
