Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen is putting his Christianity front and center yet again.
Treinen is part of a pitching staff that, along with star Clayton Kershaw, has stood up for religious freedoms in the face of disturbing times in California.
‘Every single one of us have been given a gift …’
When a transgender-promoting, anti-Christian activist group was invited to Dodger Stadium in 2023, Treinen accused the group of “mocking the religious habits of nuns” and “mocking what [Catholics] hold most deeply.”
Now, ahead of the Dodgers’ second straight trip to the World Series, Treinen made it clear how important his Christian faith is in his life.
“I think my family’s name is great in the eyes of God, but in the eyes of the world, nobody really knew the Treinens,” the pitcher told CBN Sports.
“I don’t really care if they do,” he continued. “I want them to see Christ’s greatness and what he’s accomplished in my career.”
Treinen said he wanted to see everyone go to heaven while also expressing care for others, saying, “I don’t want to see any of my teammates or anybody in the stands or anybody in this world face the alternative.”
“How do we make heaven crowded?” Treinen asked. “That’s really my goal.”
“Every single one of us have been given a gift, and our way of repaying it to the Lord is how do we honor Him with that gift?” he concluded. “When I am welcomed into the gates of heaven, I want to hear ‘job well done, good and faithful servant.’”
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Teammate Kershaw, meanwhile, stood out for his own religious fervor earlier this season when the Dodgers celebrated gay Pride Night.
While Kershaw took issue with the same event as Treinen in 2023, on Pride Night this June, the pitcher participated in wearing his team’s rainbow-themed cap — but added a caveat.
“Gen 9:12-16,” Kershaw’s hat read. The player had written a Bible passage next to the Pride logo.
In the King James Bible, the passage states the following:
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
The Dodgers have been mired in controversy all year as the team seemingly battles the ethics of a far-left California setting with its generally conservative baseball fan base.
Also in June, an activist singer purposely sang the national anthem in Spanish at a Dodgers game to protest against the deportation of illegal immigrants who are Hispanic.
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There were also reports in June of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using Dodgers property as a staging area; the team and ICE gave conflicting reports on the matter.
Furthermore, in July, the Dodgers were hit with an anti-discrimination lawsuit over alleged diversity hiring initiatives.
Lastly, a Make-A-Wish foundation executive resigned in October after being caught on camera threatening to call ICE on a Dodgers fan at a playoff game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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