Two Dodgers players became a major talking point after wearing standard team caps during the club’s Pride Night win over the Angels.
Los Angeles earned a 1-0 victory at Dodger Stadium on Friday, June 5, with Freddie Freeman ending the game on a walk-off home run in the ninth inning.
The finish was a huge baseball moment. Online, though, attention also moved to the Dodgers’ rainbow Pride hats and the two players who were seen without them.
Blake Treinen and Alex Call spark Dodgers Pride Night hat debate
Jonny Root highlighted that Blake Treinen and Alex Call wore the club’s usual blue and white caps instead of the rainbow-themed Pride Night design.
Most Dodgers players took the field in hats featuring the LA logo in rainbow colors to mark the occasion, but Treinen and Call were notable exceptions.
Treinen, a veteran reliever, drew extra attention because he was on the mound late in the game, recording the final out before Freeman’s game-winner.
Call was also identified in some reports, though initial coverage focused more heavily on Treinen’s decision.
Dodgers players did not give detailed Pride hat explanation
Neither player gave an immediate public explanation for the decision.
Some coverage linked Treinen’s choice to his Christian faith and personal convictions. Reports around Call suggested a similar context, though neither player laid out his reasoning in a fresh postgame statement.
On the field, the night belonged to Freeman, who broke a scoreless deadlock with a walk-off homer against Kirby Yates in the bottom of the ninth.
The Dodgers also honored Glenn Burke and Billy Bean, two trailblazers in baseball’s LGBTQ history, with a permanent Dodger Stadium display unveiled before the game.
That backdrop helped fuel the debate. The Dodgers staged a visible Pride Night, won in dramatic fashion and still ended with Treinen and Call becoming a separate postgame topic.
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