The former Vikings captain is calling on MLB players to step back in faith amid the Pride Night cap controversy.
Former Minnesota Vikings captain Jack Brewer urged San Francisco Giants pitchers not to back down after MLB warned them not to write Bible verses on their Pride Night caps.
“My message to all of you San Francisco Giants players is that we got it,” Brewer told Fox News Digital. “Keep standing, keep talking. Since you are being fined, we will buy more jerseys.”
Asked what the Giants players should do next, Brewer’s answer was blunt: “Do more.”
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San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello lifts starting pitcher Landen Roupp during the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2026. (Photos by John Hefti/Imagn)
Brewer also called on Christian players across Major League Baseball to collectively respond.
“This is the time to work hard, let’s not back down,” he said. “Admit Christianity. Get together, close your arms, create a movement.”
The controversy began Friday after Giants pitchers, including Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, wrote Bible quotes on Pride Night rainbow-themed caps.
The bowls read “Gen 9:12-16.” Genesis 9:12-16 is a passage from the Bible. The passage says that God established the rainbow as a permanent symbol of the covenant made with Noah and all living creatures. It goes on to say that when God sees the rainbow, he will remember His eternal “covenant” to save all living things on earth from another global flood.
MLB issued a warning to players for writing verses on their caps this week.
“What is written in the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, said in a statement.
Brewer was “disgusted” with the state of MLB.
“Man, I think it’s disgusting,” Brewer said.
“You force a Christian to support June as Pride Month? I mean, there is no greater violation of Christianity than Pride Month. And so to force someone’s faith in that way, and to put them in a critical situation, where they have to go out and sell millions of people something that is directly against their religion. To force them to do that, and to threaten them, to make them pay a penalty, that should be a penalty for them, it should be a penalty for them. It’s a crime, right?
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Jack Brewer, former Minnesota Vikings safety, speaks during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2021. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg)
He pointed out that professional athletes adhere to strict rules regarding uniforms, colors and logos, but that leagues make exceptions when they support Pride messages.
“The second is that the player represents his faith … they think twice,” he said.
“These groups are spending millions of dollars to brand these logos, to brand these colors,” Brewer added. “All of a sudden, during Pride Month, they change their logo to a rainbow, and yet a player can’t stand against that?”
Brewer warned that the same issue is already reaching the NFL, pointing to teams that have used Pride-themed logos while players are often fined for minor uniform violations.
“It’s already started making its way to the NFL. Unfortunately, uh, you saw I think every team but like eight teams came out and changed their logos to be pride flags. This is the same league when I played, if my sock fell down and I didn’t pick it up, I got fined,” said Brewer.
“But suddenly you can put a rainbow on the same trademarks that you’ve been fining players for years and years and years for doing anything against. Hypocrisy.”
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2026. (Photos by John Hefti/Imagn)
For Brewer, the Giants’ argument is bigger than one cap or one Bible verse. He put it as a test of whether the athletes can openly hold on to their faith if the public messages approved by the league conflict with it.
“Take up your cross and follow me,” said Brewer, quoting Scripture. “This is your time to stand.”
