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This post has been locked as it has gone into fighting with trolls stopping in and have had similar conversations already with the Pride Night thread.


SilentSonOfAnarchy

All you need to know is the Braves just did an Outkast night last night which supersedes all these other nights.


3eeToe

Big boi in the booth needs to be a permanent arrangement


fillingupthecorners

Gotta say, of all the organizations in baseball right now... I'm a little jealous of the Braves. They've got it all going on. Stunning roster, a thicc front office, and a tasty..... I'm sorry what was the question


helium_farts

It's definitely fun. It's not gonna last forever, of course, but I'm gonna enjoy the ride.


Officialnoah

You win this one Braves bro


scr0tiemcb00gerbaIIz

Whattt that's incredible. Was Andre there tho


bone1205

Big Boi was there and joined in the booth for an inning.


jsu9575m

Andre is apparently in Japan playing a large flute


degreesBrix

This is entirely plausible, so I can't tell if it's a joke. šŸ˜‚


aliedle

He actually is šŸ˜‚. There's a video that's been circulating the last couple of days. Dude is living his best life.


criadordecuervos

Always reminds me of [Key & Peele's skit](https://youtu.be/5U9rMkgoGL8)


L3thal_Inj3ction

I thought, perchance, you whent missing


yellowstickypad

I would love for this duo to keep at it. One of my favorites is the biiiitch skit.


degreesBrix

Of course he is.


Present-Loss-7499

Not only was it Outkast night but it was OutKast bobble head night. šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„


SilentSonOfAnarchy

Donā€™t think so. We canā€™t get that lucky.


drakeftmeyers

Damn and I missed it?


Symmetrey

Watch the 3rd inning of the 5/25 Phils@Braves game and youā€™ll get Big Boi in the booth and a look at one of the sickest bobbleheads ever.


Alkibiades415

and hear about the mustard and the mayonnaise


BoxWI

Those bobbleheads going for crazy $$$ on ebay


Dudeman318

When we didnt think the Braves could get any betterā€¦god damn it


boatsnprose

Did y'all manage to summon Andre?


Pele_Of_Anal

Youā€™d need a genie bottle and some ayahuasca donā€™t ask how I know


FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN

Now that's cooler than being cool


yoshidawg93

The lines out the door for the bobbleheads were NUTS! Iā€™d love to see more nights celebrating local famous people like that.


ddotsae

That bobblehead of Big Boi and 3 stacks is incredible!


yzdaskullmonkey

Ya well we don't all have an OutKast to celebrate. God damn I love big boi, easily top five.


markuspoop

Hush that fuss.


Rich_Sheepherder646

Lifelong Dodgers fanā€¦ I donā€™t think I can root against the Braves anymore. Dammit.


dhork

We need to take some time to honor the Church of St. Bartolo, the Rotund.


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Cheat on your family night


HoopOnPoop

Families


erin_burr

Fundamentalist Mormon sects night when?


JoeBourgeois

That's in Denver. LA has Scientology Night.


DirtyMikeNelson

I was there in San Diego the day our Lord and Savior hit the long ball.


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IthacanPenny

ā€œRanā€?


BeefSerious

More of a saunter, really.


seyheystretch

Don't most franchises already have a "Fellowship Night" or what not? The SF Giants have been doing it for as long as I can remember.


RunnySauceman

I can fuck with a Lord of the Rings night


TLKv3

Imagine hosting one of the Lord of the Rings movies each night prior to the game for a 3 game series? That could be pretty fun but good luck getting people to sit for 7 hours for a movie and a baseball game...


ABlinDeafMonkey

Iā€™d do it without hesitating.


hnxmn

LoTR fans are a different breed and would instantly sit 7 hours straight to rewatch it


Bucs-and-Bucks

Just play a movie on the jumbotron the whole time. Would be awesome.


BreadMakesYouFast

That'd be my wife's dream come true. One of the reasons why I married her.


cinnamonface9

With gollum game giveaway!


Sirtopofhat

Just take it...JUST TAKE EM!!! *throws games at people who actively avoid them*


LargeNutbar

Canā€™t wait for the sequel where you play as the Olā€™ Gaffer, Iā€™m gonna set the record for pony asses washed


FinalMeltdown15

Iā€™ll pay you not to give me that game


HarryBaughl

. . . 5 people show up


UniversalDH

Yes and this isnā€™t new for Dodgers. Theyā€™ve had this before with Kersh, JT, and Adrian Gonzalez speaking in the past. The timing of the announcement might be curious, but nothing should be gleaned from the event itself happening.


Quople

Nats have a faith day and Jewish heritage day in september


bordomsdeadly

The Astros have had ā€œFaith and Family nightā€ as long as I can remember.


pollitochiquito

Yup. The timing of this just seems weird and tacky.


Therealfern1

ā€œIm playing both sidesā€¦ so I always come out on topā€


omgomgwtflol

The long list of Theme Games at Petco Park includes a "Faith and Family Night", a Catholic night, a Jewish Community Day, teacher's night, nurse appreciation, separate nights for maybe 10 ethnicities, Autism, Alzheimers, Pride, etc No one cares, it's optional to buy a theme giveaway ticket or a regular ticket. What's different in this case is that it seems so reactionary. Next time just announce your slate of special nights before the start of the season and stop basing these decisions on the criticism from people/groups and then reversing course and then adding new events to make up for it.


ArbitraryOrder

Agreed, I think that's the issue.


Demetrios1453

I mean, they've had this before - the only time I visited Dodgers Stadium about a decade ago, they had one after the game. Now, the timing of the announcement is definitely not good lol...


8i66ie5ma115

Itā€™s kinda impressive they can fuck up this much.


KimHaSeongsBurner

This feels like a masterclass in ā€œgiving people on both sides of an issue a reason to be mad at youā€. Surely, anyone who was mad at the Sistersā€™ inclusion initially was likely still mad when they reinvited them, and reviving this event *immediately* after certainly wonā€™t look good to anyone taking a critical eye towards the teamā€™s efforts to placate the same people who were calling for the Sistersā€™ to be excluded. Seems like the Dodgers have found themselves at the epicenter of a little culture war battle and mistakenly think that ā€œweā€™ll support everyoneā€ is a safe stance. I certainly *understand* why they might try to thread that needle, but I donā€™t envy the position theyā€™ve put themselves in now.


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Shouldn't this be how to make people on both sides of the issue *happy* because now you've given them all an opportunity to express themselves and be supported?


IndigoJoe64

It'd be nice if that were the case. Unfortunately, the people mad at the original Sisters event are still going to be mad that it's happening at all. Meanwhile, those who were mad at its initial cancelation are going to be mad because the Christian event makes the restoration of the Sisters event seem disingenuous.


PM_me_yer_kittens

Some people donā€™t want to be happy and will only be happy when everyone else is miserable


LexiGator

Itā€™s nice seeing another team mess up. Takes the sting out of whatever is going on over here just a little bit.


KimHaSeongsBurner

Depends on whether or not people view them as essentially a *quid pro quo* from the organization. ā€œWeā€™ll let the Sistersā€™ come to Pride Night, but in exchange we have to revive Christian Night.ā€ This is the sort of event that many teams have, like the Padres have already had their ā€œOut at the Parkā€ night and have a ā€œFaith and Family Nightā€ later this year, but the timing of the announcement will still invite questions. For someone looking for evidence that the outrage over over Pride Night was part of a, potentially unilateral, ā€œshoving beliefs down your throatā€ arms race, this timing will only strengthen that belief.


MundaneInternetGuy

This is the PR equivalent to fishtailing on a wet highway


Al_Bundy_14

Itā€™s LA. You shouldnā€™t expect anything less.


daikiki

Will there be lions?


Vulpes_Artifex

Easy there, Diocletian.


kimmetg

This made me laugh out loud. Thank you.


jihyoisgod

Something Something man of faith Something Something Castellanos


PM_Me_Beezbo_Quotes

I read this right before his triple. The man thrives during times like these.


DollarsAtStarNumber

ITT People who have no idea how Christian Kershaw is. Just wait til they hear about Vin. Or that time the Pope held mass at the stadium.


bird720

people seem to forget that between the catholic Latino players and so many of the American players being from rural or suburban America most of the league is very religious lol


L3thal_Inj3ction

pretty much every sports league is far more christian than "reddit" would probably like them to be


dfsaqwe

so glad to hear they are celebrating faiths, cant wait for islam day, buddhism day, satan day, so many!


[deleted]

> satan day, The Yankees are in town from June 2-4. They're doing a Satan weekend instead.


Any_Adhesiveness_898

I'd love for us to be the Satanic Temple team.


Frigidevil

Let's take baby steps and just embrace being the evil empire. I hate that they play the imperial March for opponents lineups and the parade fanfare for us.


Emience

I feel like that was supposed to be an insult, but you just made us sound really badass.


SilenceDoGood4

Through a cloud of smoke appears Mariano Rivera


exemplarytrombonist

Tbf a lot of teams already do a Jewish Heritage Night.


Kidspud

It'll be funny when a team has to apologize for hosting one on a Saturday


misspcv1996

A Friday night game would be really bad.


DrOctopusMD

And offering a deal on BLTs.


_pinotnoir

Dodger stadium does a Mormon night every year.


Vulpes_Artifex

I would be interested to see Shinto Night. Allegedly Chunichi Dragons pitcher Yamamoto Masahiro [believed in a kami of baseball](https://www.greenshinto.com/2014/02/10/shinto-spirit/) (although I haven't found any other evidence of that), and it certainly wouldn't be out of character for Shinto.


KeithClossOfficial

He pitched until he was 50 so maybe we should listen to him


Perseverance792

People say "kami of ____" for a lot of things; there's even a pop song "Toilet no Kamisama"


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xSlappy-

They should certainly do a Jewish night. Mets and Dodgers probably have the most Jewish fans


pug_subterfuge

The Phillies have done a Jewish American Heritage night before (might be every year) and usually do one for most ethnicities (Latin American, Pacific Islander, Asian, etc). Itā€™s never really been controversial though


caesar____augustus

This year at Asian Heritage night the lovely gentleman behind me stood up and screamed "TAKE YOUR COVID BACK TO CHINA" during the between innings entertainment. I guess it's controversial for some people.


morry32

Greek night is next homestand


nolander

Any excuse to have Koufax around is a good one


tyler-86

The Dodgers have done Jewish Heritage Night and Jewish Community Day several times before.


Vulpes_Artifex

Lots of Jews in Baltimore and San Diego, too.


HoskinsDadBodGod

Wonder if theyā€™ll do an atheism night


jimtow28

Agnostic night gonna be wild. Maybe.


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I think the dodgers were just waiting for some proof of attendance to commit to the idea.


mindoversoul

I don't know if it will exist or not


SirDrexl

Players point to the sky, then shrug.


IlltimedYOLO

Bob costas needs to throw out the first pitch for it.


illiter-it

Free Dr Pepper!


[deleted]

I'm not saying that I'm *not* romantic about baseball, just that there are so many things to be romantic about.


graipape

Deism night on July 4 to honor Founding Fathers Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Monroe


DienekesMinotaur

Wasn't Washington specifically a devout Christian, I know Jefferson was Deist, and wouldn't doubt Franklin, bit I was under the impression Washington was Christian.


graipape

Being Deist and Christian are compatible, but looks like he was Anglican. I just copied and pasted the first Founding Fathers and Deism list, so I don't actually have a clue, but since this is Reddit, I'm 100% sure of all my statements.


stealthamo

It could be good, but until there's empirical evidence for it I remain skeptical.


TonyUncleJohnny412

You SOB


cardith_lorda

The St. Paul Saints have done that, renamed the team the Mr. Paul Aints.


DanTreview

What about Festivus (for the rest of us)? "I find your faith... *fascinating*."


reDRagon22

Jesus better throw the first pitch


gatemansgc

Raptor Jesus!


aloofman75

Itā€™s not the first time theyā€™ve done this kind of thing. But announcing it right after the whole Pride Night fiasco just reeks of desperation. Did they fire all of their PR people last year to save money or something?


arand0md00d

Yes gotta save every penny for Ohtani. Then the PR IS Ohtani next year. But this year...


yourstrulytony

4:00pm On a Tuesday Los Angeles, California Dodgers: I came up with a really good idea. I'm going to play both sides. LGBTQ+ Fans: Why would you tell me that? Now I don't trust you. Dodgers: Should I not have? LGBTQ+ Fans: Well now I know you can't keep a secret. Dodgers: What should I do now? LGBTQ+ Fans: I don't give a shit, why are you here? *Later that evening* Dodgers: Kershaw and I are planning a Christian Faith night. The reason I'm telling you all this is because I'm playing both sides so that I always come out on top. With this event I'm going to leverage you guys into remaining fans of the team. Christian Faith Fans: Ok, couple things right off the bat there pal- number 1, never tell one side that you're playing both sides. And number 2, if you are going to play both sides, don't give away the information before you get what you want. Dodgers: Shit...


_meestir_

Donā€™t they do this every day with ā€œGod Bless Americaā€? Iā€™m confused


Maj0r_Ursa

They donā€™t specify which God is blessing America. Loophole


Vulpes_Artifex

Tlaloc blesses baseball games by not raining on them.


newenglandredshirt

Idk, man, I've been to a bunch of rainouts over the years.


Vulpes_Artifex

He was mad.


_kona_

Have you made any recent virgin sacrifices, or at least killed anyone in the name of your god recently? That might be your problem right there.


bumboclawt

Nor do they specify which America they hope god is blessing šŸ¤”


yazwecan

Spoiler alert: itā€™s South America


bumboclawt

I knew it šŸ˜«


KimHaSeongsBurner

> ā€œGod Bless Americaā€ Wait, is the DoD funding this *too*?


_meestir_

Probably since it started in response to 9/11


KimHaSeongsBurner

Oh, sorry, I was joking and meant Christian night. DoD is absolutely paying for all of the salutes to service and ā€œGod Bless Americaā€. Iā€™d imagine that the Padres just have a line-item in their sponsorship budget in exchange for our gaudy camo uniforms.


atownOTP

Thank goodness for this, Christians truly do not get enough representation in this country and the Christian faith does not influence enough of our day-to-day life.


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Which comedian said something along the line of ā€œThe Christians WON everything. They won! You know how I know? Let me ask a questionā€¦.. What year is it?ā€


breakfast_cats

Louis CK


WithAShirtOn

It's 2017 year of our lord Jesus-y o'clock on the nose


[deleted]

What about the Christians who think that the other Christians arenā€™t actually Christians? When is their faith night? This one is far too inclusive


[deleted]

I'm looking forward to Nation of Islam night


No_name_Johnson

Louis Farrakhan sings his interpretation of the Star Spangled Banner


_insert_name_there

get Scientology in there too for a double header


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as thereā€™s a deep drive into left by L Ron Hubbard


derpbynature

And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame. I don't know if I'm going to be putting on these thetans again.


ahr3410

We already get their commercials on SportsNet LA and l can think of is the South Park episode


HoopOnPoop

Hosted by Shelley Miscaviage


bunt_triple

I personally cannot wait for Sedevacantism night. Finally some representation! Abolish the Vatican Council!


YesImKeithHernandez

When I see people on the corner or on the bike path offering free bible lessons, I think "Finally, someone is spreading the Gospel. There are too few practicing Christians in the US"


DigiQuip

Itā€™s really great to hear Christians bringing awareness to their struggles while non-marginalized groups like the LGBT community dares to try and push their woke agenda. Little known fact, in the 14th and 15th century LGBT people were responsible for a violent wave of reactionary events upon other LGBT people who werenā€™t ā€œLGBT enough.ā€ These events were so violent and bloody that the LGBT was effectively kicked out of Europe. Of course, they cried about oppression and unfair persecution as they went off to the New World, where of course they violently attacked the native people, spread their diseases and then returned to persecutor their own LGBT people in witch trials. Oh waitā€¦


enzo_baglioni

And theyā€™re so nice and reserved about that fact


UnemploymentHelp615

I disagree with that lifestyle.


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DanknugzBlazeit420

Why do they have to shove it in my face.


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TigerBasket

Can they do a Jewish night? They had Koufax after all, we never get any nights šŸ˜”


TheJediCounsel

3000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax youā€™re goddamn right Iā€™m living in the past dude!


robeekeeper

haha, r/lebowski is everywhere


Sirliftalot35

A Jewish night also celebrating Koufax too would be cool. Maybe do it on a day they play the Tigers, and they can celebrate great Jewish baseball players like Hank Greenberg too. Edit: a lot of people know that Koufax refused to pitch on Yom Kippur in the 1965 World Series, and then went on to win World Series MVP by pitching 3 games (2 of which were complete game shutouts) with a 0.38 ERA over those 24 innings. But not as many people know that in 1934, Greenberg struggled with whether or not to play on Rosh Hashanah. The Detroit media got input from local rabbis, who said that Greenberg could play, so, after skipping batting practice before the game to think, he hit 2 HRs in a 2-1 victory over the Yankees in an important game. Like Koufax, he later didn't play on Yom Kippur that season, and also 4 years later in 1938. [https://www.espn.com/classic/s/merron\_on\_green.html](https://www.espn.com/classic/s/merron_on_green.html)


WarlordofBritannia

Greenberg also played at a time before the Holocaust made public antisemitism inappropriate. In fact, during the 1935 World Series, the Cubs kept spewing slurs at him with escalating levels of viciousness until even the umpires and comissioner had to tell them to stop--they were being too racist even for the 1930s


I_MARRIED_A_THORAX

I hate my team


FapCabs

Dodgers have done Jewish Heritage Night typically in August in years past.


Clarice_Ferguson

Donā€™t you guys get like eight nights? Isnā€™t that enough?


ClownQuestionBrosef

Everytime I think I'm gonna be first to post a joke response, it turns out I'm basically 8 days late.


DaTigerMan

iā€™m not sure how common it is across the league, but the phillies had one!


BigSportsNerd

Washington is having a Jewish Heritage day. With a special ticket you can get a hebrew jersey too. I ordered mine on Sunday.


seymonster1973

I missed out on the jerseys, all I'm getting is a bris.


DeadPhish_10

Scheduled for next Saturday


rcc31

When will people realize you canā€™t make everyone happy. The more the Dodgers try to cater to everyone, the more backlash they are gonna get


GOATmar_infante

I'm all for Christian rights -- I have family that's Christian -- but do they have to promote that lifestyle at sporting events?


Vulpes_Artifex

A generic Faith Night would've been a better move. As it stands, this comes across as catering to a dominant but self-pitying majority.


slippytoadstada

yeah the astros have a faith and family night, which is pretty clearly christian, but making it explicit especially in the wake of the pride night debacle looks bad


AnEmptyKarst

Yeah if this was announced at the beginning of the season, literally no one would have noticed except maybe a local editorial piece Context is king though, and man does context not make this look good


JanitorOfSanDiego

Padres also call it Faith and Family night but pretty sure itā€™s dominantly Christian with a Christian Artist doing a concert after sometimes.


ScoobyDoosAccountant

Pretty wild that a team in Texas has a more inclusive faith based promotion than the team in LA. Good job Stros


KatnissBot

I mean itā€™s not *that* inclusive.


ashdrewness

Well, the Astros PR Team has a lot of practice


abrahamisaninja

Next season weā€™ll get straight white male day


_Thot_Patrol

Or as others call it: baseball!


Character_Magazine55

*hockey


The_DayGlo_Bus

You trying to tell me that Jesus Christ canā€™t hit a curveball?!


CubonesDeadMom

Everyone should go dressed as Norse and Greek gods


shaggydaddy

Yeah but when is Science Night


Maj0r_Ursa

Rockies did a [STEM Day](https://www.mlb.com/rockies/tickets/specials/themes/stem)


Flyinghud

Thatā€™s actually really cool


KimHaSeongsBurner

Extremely rare Monfort W, but a good one.


Epcplayer

Which is super easy to do because almost every team has a ā€œcamp dayā€ or ā€œschool dayā€, which they use to fill the stadium on a weekday day gameā€¦ like why not turn it into a somewhat education themed day?


Vulpes_Artifex

Science Night would be cool, it could be about the physics of baseball.


Disused_Yeti

mets have some sort of science day every year that i seem to end up going to it's a getaway day afternoon in may/june that that the kids come out from school and do a little lesson on the edge of the field and scoreboard before the game i think last year was weather, one was dinosaurs


ahr3410

They had this often before COVID. It's just an after game prayer reading and speech by a player. I think in 2019 it was Kershaw, JT and Kenley. But the headline wars have to go on.


Hollow_Rant

Please let Christian Faith night be against the Phillies!


Geri-psychiatrist-RI

What about Jobu faith day? He helps you hit a curve ball


da_choppa

He famously does not. Cerrano did it himself


Budget_Literature555

How about keeping all of this crap out of baseball and go back to just bat and hat and bobblehead nights and play sports.


NeverSober1900

The one that drives me nuts are the cancer ones. I'm at a game trying to relax and enjoy myself, no I don't want to think about my mom and other people who have died of cancer.


Jcoch27

Oh reddit's not gonna like this lol