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Dodgers’ Blake Treinen makes bold statement by not wearing Pride Night hat

Nypost · · 281 words · By Thomas L Murray
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What to know about Dodgers’ Blake Treinen makes bold statement by not wearing Pride Night hat

The Dodgers celebrated Pride Night on Friday night at Uniqlo Field and donned their traditional Pride Night hats.

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What happened

The Dodgers celebrated Pride Night on Friday night at Uniqlo Field and donned their traditional Pride Night hats.

Why it matters

Just before Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Angels, Blake Treinen came out of the bullpen in the top half of the inning and wore a different hat.

Common ground

Treinen donned the Dodgers’ usual blue and white “LA” hat, while the rest of the team wore an LGBTQ+-inspired hat that had the color of the rainbow on the “LA” logo.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Before the first pitch was thrown, the Dodgers unveiled a display that they said would be permanent in the stadium.”
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Multiple sources (ESPN and other web results) confirm the Dodgers unveiled a permanent display honoring LGBTQ+ players during the Pride Night celebration.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... The installation was unveiled during the club's annual Pride Night celebration and will remain on display at Dodger Stadium #NOH8 · May be an ...
https://www.facebook.com/noh8campaign/posts/dodgers-unveiled…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Set against a vibrant rainbow backdrop beneath the Left Field Pavilion near the Dodgers' bullpen, the display features framed jerseys -- Burke's ...
https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-unveil-mural-tribute-to-gle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 ... 9759 likes, 1023 comments - espn on June 6, 2026: "On Friday the Dodgers unveiled a permanent display honoring LGBTQ+ trailblazers and ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQckiJGCGR/
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Claim 2: “On Saturday, the Dodgers donned their traditional blue and white “LA” hats for the second game of the series against the Angels at Dodger Stadium.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “Blake Treinen came out of the bullpen in the top half of the inning and wore a different hat.”
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Multiple sources confirm Blake Treinen entered the game wearing a different (standard) hat compared to his teammates during Pride Night.
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web search NEUTRAL — William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
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web search NEUTRAL — Blake Ellender Brown (born August 25, 1987), known professionally as Blake Lively, [a] is an American actress and entrepreneur. A daughter of actor Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Lively
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 11, 2026 · Country star Blake Shelton sets the record straight on Gwen Stefani divorce speculation and why he no longer trusts what he sees online. See details.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/877256/blake-shelt…
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Claim 4: “The Dodgers have worn the LGBTQ+-inspired hats annually since they first did it during a road game against the Giants in 2022.”
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While evidence confirms a 2022 game against the Giants involved rainbow caps, there is no specific evidence provided in the results confirming that the Dodgers have worn them 'annually' since then.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Opened in 1962, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_Stadium
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greek Theatre is an amphitheatre and performance venue located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, which has been hosting various live performances and music concerts since its opening in the e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_…
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Claim 5: “The teams made history that day, as it was the first time two teams wore rainbow hats during a game.”
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A web search result explicitly states that the Dodgers and Giants meeting on June 11, 2022, where both donned rainbow logos, was an 'MLB first'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the Nati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dodgers–Giants rivalry is regarded as one of the fiercest and longest-standing rivalries in American baseball, with some observers considering it the greatest sports rivalry of all time. It dates …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgers–Giants_rivalry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers
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Claim 6: “Treinen donned the Dodgers’ usual blue and white “LA” hat, while the rest of the team wore an LGBTQ+-inspired hat that had the color of the rainbow on the “LA” logo.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that Treinen wore the usual blue and white 'LA' hat while the rest of the team wore the rainbow-colored logo hats.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_World_Series
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 136th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 68th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 64th season playi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blake Michael Treinen ( TRY-nen, born June 30, 1988) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Treinen
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Claim 7: “When Treinen came into the game, he needed to throw only one pitch and got Oswald Peraza to ground out to end the inning.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific pitch count or the outcome of the at-bat for Oswald Peraza in that game.
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Claim 8: “The Dodgers celebrated Pride Night on Friday night at Uniqlo Field and donned their traditional Pride Night hats.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the Dodgers celebrated Pride Night on Friday at Uniqlo Field and wore traditional Pride Night hats.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Opened in 1962, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_Stadium
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The LA Pride Festival & Parade, commonly known as LA Pride, is an annual LGBTQ Pride celebration in Los Angeles, California. It is a large LGBTQ Pride event, traditionally held on the second weekend o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Pride
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Pride Night (also called Pride Day or Pride game) is a game hosted by a sports team to recognize and attract individuals from the LGBTQ community. During such a game, the home team acknowledges LGBT…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Night
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Claim 9: “the special event has been celebrated by the Dodgers for the last 13 years.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries for Los Angeles and does not mention the duration of the Dodgers' Pride Night celebrations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18 million residents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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web search NEUTRAL — This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Los. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los
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web search NEUTRAL — Browse Spanish translations from Spain, Mexico, or any other Spanish-speaking country. Translate Los. See 3 authoritative translations of Los in English with example sentences, phrases and audio pronu…
https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/los
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Claim 10: “Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Angels”
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While one source mentions a 1-0 victory over the Angels on June 5, other search results for Freddie Freeman's walk-off home runs on June 5, 2026, describe different games (e.g., a 5-4 lead over the Rays), creating a contradiction in the specific game details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_World_Series
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 137th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 69th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 65th season playin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick Charles Freeman (born September 12, 1989) is a Canadian and American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Freeman made his MLB debu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Freeman
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Claim 11: “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.”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for claim 7 explicitly mentions a 'mural tribute to Glenn Burke, Billy Bean' featuring 'framed jerseys', which corroborates the content of the display.
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