The Red Sox announced their sponsorship of the Gay Bowl at Pride night at Fenway
As part of the city’s Pride Week celebrations, the Boston Red Sox hosted Pride Night at Fenway Park on Friday.
Boston Pride Week is underway at Fenway! pic.twitter.com/W1YHPsVTBO
— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 9, 2017
Just one of 13 MLB teams with an LGBT-themed event advertised on their website, the Sox took the evening as an opportunity to announce their sponsorship of the Gay Bowl, an LGBT flag football tournament organized by the National Gay Flag Football League. Fellow sponsors include the New England Patriots, the first NFL team to sponsor such a competition.
The Gay Bowl is in Boston over Columbus Day weekend, October 5-8.
Tonight at #PrideNight the @RedSox will announce their partnership with @GayBowlXVII #PrideMonth https://t.co/1j1V4SRutq pic.twitter.com/g4RqS4zX6I
— Outsports (@outsports) June 9, 2017
To celebrate, all fans were invited to attend a pregame Pride Party on the right field roof deck, and the New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus sang the national anthem prior to Jordan Zimmermann’s first pitch.
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During the seventh inning stretch, the park played Sia’s “The Greatest,” which she wrote in support of the LGBT community after the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.
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