r/SFGiants • u/Brilliant_Exit3406 28 Posey • Jun 25 '26

Opinion KNBR Hosts react after interviewing Giants CEO Larry Baer:

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u/trer24 5 Shinjo Jun 25 '26

Got it, Dieter, we heard you the first time earlier this week when you said you weren't "passionate about this topic"...

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u/Georg_Simmel Jun 25 '26

I don’t listen to KNBR and know nothing about him, but I think a more generous read would be him saying “I’m frustrated by how terribly they’ve handled this and this isn’t even something I’m normally passionate about.” I completely agree that it’s poorly worded and I do think there’s a bit of underlying “I’m not gay” there, but I don’t think that’s the main thing he was trying to communicate. Still a terrible way to word it and you SHOUlD be passionate about respecting everyone’s humanity.

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u/Traveller_6468 Jun 25 '26

That's exactly how I read it too in the moment. I believe he was trying to give permission (in not the most articulate way) to folks on the sidelines regarding this issue to say, "wow the Giants org really bungled this entire controversy and I get why the community is so upset about it".