Pride Month: Because of Being Kissing

<p>It’s <a href="https://www.outsports.com/2021/5/27/22454158/pride-nights-major-league-baseball-lgbtq-fans-giveaways">Pride month</a> so we give you the rundown on MLB events including a <a href="https://www.outsports.com/2021/6/2/22464156/san-francisco-giants-pride-rainbow-cap-logo">first on the field</a>, swag (rainbow jerseys with your <a href="https://www.mlb.com/twins/tickets/specials/pride-night">pick of pronouns</a>), <a href="https://www.outsports.com/2021/6/5/22520369/oakland-athletics-glenn-burke-pride-night-baseball-mlb-dodgers">atonement</a>, and atonement <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-11/glenn-burke-dodgers-pride-night-mlb-athletics">still due</a>. Anyone know if the Padres “<a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/story/2021-05-23/padres-home-run-chain-manny-machado-austin-nola-rafaello-fernando-tatis">spinny thing</a>” has a name?  It stars in our fashion segment about team-specific <a href="https://www.bardown.com/the-mets-are-giving-out-a-wwe-championship-belt-for-player-of-the-game-1.1653727">MVP accessories</a>, which could be improved by adding dancing. Our police blotter update on the dismissal of the demand to move the All Star Game back to Atlanta gives us <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/judge-mlb-lawsuit-move-all-star-game-caproni-kleinhendler-atlanta-001523951.html">our new favorite judge</a>. Sorry, Aaron, but she rocks. <a href="https://theathletic.com/2645669/2021/06/11/white-sox-closer-liam-hendriks-thinks-mlb-should-offer-its-own-grip-substance/">Liam Hendriks</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/08/austin-voth-dave-martinez-foreign-substances/">Davey Martinez</a> weigh in on the need for an MLB-approved “universal substance” that pitchers can use to maintain grip on the baseball, for the safety of the batters. In our COVID update, non-vaxxer <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2021/6/11/22529896/cubs-anthony-rizzo-covid-vaccination-david-ross-jed-hoyer">Anthony Rizzo</a> gives us a WTF moment and