DHS, LA Dodgers give conflicting stories about ICE agents at Dodger Stadium



It has been a whirlwind week for the Los Angeles Dodgers, culminating in a battle of words with federal authorities.

Last Friday, Dodgers star pitcher Clayton Kershaw protested the team's Pride Night by writing a Bible verse on the front of his hat. On Saturday, a singer named Nezza purposely defied the organization's requests and sang the national anthem in Spanish.

As a consortium of fans have urged the Dodgers to take a stand and support illegal immigrants living in their city, the team seemingly extended an olive branch to those supporters on Thursday.

'This had nothing to do with the Dodgers.'

The Dodgers were rumored to be planning an announcement on Thursday, finally revealing their support for illegal immigrants and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests. At least one reporter told Blaze News the reporter was expecting an announcement on that general topic.

Protesters announced they were ready for mass mobilization in defiance of ICE agents just after 10 a.m. At about 11:30 a.m., DHS agents were spotted near Gate E of Dodger Stadium.

Just after 12 p.m. local time, the Dodgers posted on X, claiming they had denied ICE agents access to their parking lots.

"This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots," the team wrote. "They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled."

However, the DHS said ICE agents were never even there.

RELATED: LA Dodgers say they blocked ICE agents at stadium after campaign to pressure team to condemn deportations

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Less than an hour after the team's post, the DHS sent Blaze News a statement from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, stating the presence of her department had "nothing to do with the Dodgers."

"CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," McLaughlin said, mirroring a post the agency put out on social media.

Just after 1:39 p.m., ICE denied even being at the location. "False. We were never there," the agency said in response to the Dodgers' claim.

Not a peep was heard from either side after this. Representatives from the Dodgers did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

When pressed for more details, DHS representatives simply linked to their previously mentioned social media posts. The MLB Players Association did not respond to Blaze News' requests for comment either.

RELATED: Christian LA Dodgers pitcher defies Pride Night with subtle in-game protest

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The Dodgers' response is unlikely to please either side, but pressure continues to mount from illegal immigration supporters.

As Fox 11 LA reported, at least one nonprofit said it will encourage Latinos to avoid Dodgers games.

"We're going to hit them in their pockets. And so that's why we're asking the Latino and our allies in L.A. not to go to any more Dodger games until the Dodgers invest in our community and our Latino community, immediately, that they take a stand and say something on behalf of the Dodger fans everywhere, for L.A. Latinos," Raul Claros told Fox 11, representing Latino Coalition L.A.

Los Angeles' professional soccer team, LAFC, also gave a statement, joining in on the trend of conflating legal and illegal immigration.

"LAFC believes the true strength of our community, our city, is feeling fear and uncertainty. LAFC stands shoulder to shoulder with all members of our community," the team said, per Fox 11.

Even Dodgers player Kike Hernandez posted a message about the issue on his Instagram page.

Standing in front a sign that said, "Born & Raised," Hernandez wrote, "I may not be Born & Raised, but this city adopted me as one of their own."

"I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart. ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights," Hernandez added.

Strangely, the team has previously embraced the DHS, hosting Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to throw out a first pitch in 2015.

It does seem that the team's activism is a nonstop roller coaster. Later on Thursday evening, the team hosted a race-based celebrity softball game.

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Christian LA Dodgers pitcher defies Pride Night with subtle in-game protest



Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Clayton Kershaw continued his disagreement with the team's celebration of gay pride with his own religious protest Friday night.

Kershaw has taken issue with the Dodgers' support of LGBT activists for years, especially in 2023, when the franchise invited anti-Christian activist group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to celebrate Pride Night at Dodger Stadium. The activist group consists of drag queens who dress as caricatures of Catholic nuns.

The pitcher said he felt the group was making fun of his faith and called for the Dodgers to host a day in support of Christian families. During Dodgers' Pride Night on Friday, Kershaw's battle continued as cameras caught him in the dugout performing a subtle yet obvious protest.

'I don't agree with making fun of other people’s religions.'

Kershaw was indeed wearing the Dodgers' Pride hat but wrote a Bible passage right next to the rainbow-colored team logo.

"Gen 9:12-16," Kershaw's hat read.

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.

RELATED: 'It's a blatant anti-Catholic message': Nationals pitcher blasts Dodgers organization ahead of LA team's Pride Night

The Dodgers lost Friday's game against the San Francisco Giants 6-2, but Kershaw did not pitch that night. On Saturday, however, Kershaw got the nod and threw seven scoreless innings, giving up just three hits with five strikeouts; the Dodgers won 11-5.

The 37-year-old has not spoken out this year in the same manner he did in 2023, when he provided vocal opposition to what the Dodgers were promoting.

"I don't agree with making fun of other people’s religions," Kershaw told the L.A. Times that year. "It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don't think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else's religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with."

At the same time, Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen said in 2023 that the activist group was "mocking the religious habits of nuns" and "mocking what we hold most deeply."

RELATED: Blake Treinen denounces Dodgers' endorsement of anti-Christian bigotry: 'My convictions in Jesus Christ will always come first'

The 12th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Dodger Stadium on June 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images

While the Dodgers agreed to host a Christian Faith and Family Day in July 2023, it does not appear to be scheduled on the team's calendar again for 2025.

The team will, however, celebrate Law Enforcement Night on August 17.

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Shohei Ohtani is making more money in endorsements than the entire payroll of several major league teams, report says



Superstar designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani reportedly makes more in endorsements annually than entire rosters of several other teams.

The Japanese player is already the recipient of the biggest contract in MLB history, with his 10-year $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

However, a new report from the Athletic detailed the shocking numbers behind Ohtani's endorsement deals that, if true, would place that income higher than the total payroll of five MLB teams.

'He has blossomed.'

According to the Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, a well-known baseball journalist, Ohtani is nearing a whopping $100 million annually in endorsements.

Speaking to a person described as an industry source who was briefed on Ohtani's earnings, Rosenthal said he learned that the figure could also exceed the $100 million mark in the near future.

What's possibly more shocking is the speed at which Ohtani has reached these figures. In March 2023, the player topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes, noting at the time that he was taking in $35 million from endorsements. At the same time, nine other players on that list were making $13.2 million in endorsements combined.

A year later in March 2024, Sportico bumped that number to an estimated $65 million annually in endorsements. That figure made his endorsement income higher than the salary of any major-league player.

Fast-forward just a few months to July, and Ohtani's new alleged figure of $100 million in endorsements would have him making more money than the entire rosters of several teams.

The Cleveland Guardians, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the soon-to-be-moving Oakland Athletics all have sub-$100 million payrolls.

Ohtani would eclipse at least 10 more teams if his salary weren't back-loaded to the end of his contract. Instead, he makes an annual $2 million with the Dodgers until the end of 2033. When his contract ends in 2034, when he is 39, he will get a massive $68 million per year for 10 years.

"He has blossomed," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "He's become way more independent, way more open, which is ironic given that the person he trusted most deceived him. We've seen his true personality come out. I think with that, he's happier than he's ever been."

The funny thing about Ohtani becoming way more open is that he barely speaks at all, but his numbers speak louder than words.

At the time of this writing, Ohtani is fourth in the league in hits, second in home runs, fourth in RBIs, fourth in batting average, second in slugging percentage, and second in OPS — all with an elbow injury.

Few players have delivered the way Ohtani is delivering, with no sign of slowing down.

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Member of Anti-Catholic LGBT Group Promoted by Dodgers Arrested for Masturbating in Public

Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, a member of the anti-Catholic Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was arrested last month after publicly masturbating at a California beach for approximately an hour.

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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence drag queen arrested for allegedly masturbating in public in broad daylight



An active member of drag queen group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was arrested near a park in California for publicly exposing himself.

Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, a member of the Eureka, California, chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was arrested at Table Bluff County Park in Loleta, California, on August 12, 2023, according to TimCast.

The 53-year-old man was arrested after police received a report of a male “exposing himself in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle,” according to the Humboldt County Sheriff's office.

“According to numerous witnesses, Ellis-Gilmore had been at that location for approximately one hour, sitting in his truck with the door open, masturbating,” a sheriff's report said, according to the Daily Wire. “The conduct does not appear to have been directed at anyone in particular.”

Not only was the man reportedly shirtless at the time of his arrest, a witness said he was absolutely flagrant about his alleged crime. Witness Randy Creek said he saw Ellis-Gilmore "playing with himself" and that his left leg was outside his open car door while his right leg was on the dashboard while he was pants-less.

2/ Yet it\u2019s been radio silence since the August 12 arrest of a "Sister" for indecent exposure after witnesses say he masturbated in public. Meet Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, who, according to social media posts, goes by \u201cNovice Sister Bethe Cockhim,\u201d & \u201cNovice Sister Man Romeo.\u201d
— Matt Walsh (@Matt Walsh) 1694546095

It was "f**ked up," Fleek said. “It’s obvious. You cannot help but see this guy, he’s not hiding it.”

He “wants everyone to see what he’s doing,” the witness said, even claiming that the naked man seemed pleased when the sheriffs arrived and got him dressed.

“There’s something wrong with that man. He’s got a weird f**king desire to show off to the public, to anybody that wants to look at him,” Fleek added. “He puts himself in a position and in a spot that you can’t help but look at the son of a bitch."

Ellis-Gilmore allegedly goes by the names “NoviceSister Bethe Cockhim” and “Novice Sister Man Romeo," running a Facebook account under the former.

On Friday, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group that openly mocks the Christian faith, will be honored at Dodger Stadium. This is a clip from a conversation with one of their members.
— Natalie Carey (@Natalie Carey) 1686759485

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made headlines in June 2023 when they were famously invited, uninvited, and then invited once again by the Los Angeles Dodgers to celebrate a Pride night at Dodger Stadium.

This caused backlash from the California public, who gathered in the thousands for a protest outside the stadium. Several Major League Baseball players took issue with the group's mockery of Catholicism, particularly Trevor Williams, along with two of the Dodgers' own pitchers, Blake Treinen and Clayton Kershaw.

For the first time @MeLlamoTrevor sits down for an interview after his tweet was viewed 20 million times, calling out the LA @Dodgers for honouring a group he says make a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of his religion.
— Colm Flynn (@Colm Flynn) 1686752441

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Foul Ball: L.A. Catholics Declare Victory Over The Perpetually Indulged

There was no drag show, no twerking, and zero fanfare. The Dodgers engineered a rainout for the guys who had caused them nothing but grief.

Anti-Catholic Hate Has No Place in America, Much Less America’s National Pastime

Why would the Dodgers decide to taint baseball’s legacy of patriotism, faith, and family with a group that exists to defile religious values?

'It's a blatant anti-Catholic message': Nationals pitcher blasts Dodgers organization ahead of LA team's Pride Night



Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams said the Los Angeles Dodgers organization knows exactly what it's doing after the franchise re-invited a group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to its Pride Night celebrations.

The team will honor the drag queens as community heroes despite previously uninviting them, even though the group routinely mocks Catholics with portrayals of Jesus on a cross as just one example.

Williams had already released a lengthy statement condemning the team's move and said that the group "makes a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over 4 million people in Los Angeles County alone."

The pitcher spoke out once more about the June 16, 2023, Pride Night, however, in an interview with Catholic network EWTN News and further remarked on his position.

"We cannot stand idly by while our Lord gets mocked. And before I hit send, you know, you try and do as much research as you can," Williams told host Colm Flynn.

"You see the horrific videos that were posted of them. You read about what they were trying to do, these things that are deeply offensive to us. ... They've been doing it for over 30 years."

Williams expressed that "it was the point when the Dodgers re-invited them, after knowing very well what they've been doing for the last 30 years," that he had the biggest issue with.

The Nationals player said it became clear that the drag queen group violates the Los Angeles Dodgers' fan code of conduct by mocking the beliefs of others.

\u201cFor the first time @MeLlamoTrevor sits down for an interview after his tweet was viewed 20 million times, calling out the LA @Dodgers for honouring a group he says make a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of his religion.\u201d
— Colm Flynn (@Colm Flynn) 1686752441

"You cannot wear anything or say anything that goes against anybody's age, gender, creed, religion," Williams said of the rules.

"This is going against their code of conduct. It's a blatant anti-Catholic message that they're sending, regardless of how much 'good' they've been doing in their community," Williams added.

Two of the Dodgers' own players have voiced displeasure with the event as well. Blake Treinen said in a statement that the group's work "only displays hate and mockery of Catholics and the Christian faith" and that he does "not agree with nor support the decision" made by the organization.

Star pitcher Clayton Kershaw told the Los Angeles Times that he disagreed with the Dodgers’ decision and that he approached the organization about expediting his announcement of the club’s Christian Faith and Family Day as a response.

"Picking a date and doing those different things was part of it as well. Yes, it was in response to the highlighting of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [by the Dodgers]," the left-hander said.

As for Williams' views as to why he finds the drag queen performers offensive:

"I think if anyone with two eyes and a brain can see that they're mocking the religious habits of nuns, they're mocking what we hold most deeply. ... When you look at it from the outside and a totally objective view, it's blatant mockery," he concluded.

\u201cOn Friday, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group that openly mocks the Christian faith, will be honored at Dodger Stadium. This is a clip from a conversation with one of their members.\u201d
— Natalie Carey (@Natalie Carey) 1686759485

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Catholics running 'Dodgers Have Lost Their Way' ads during every game this week, protesting team's LGBT ritual honoring anti-Christian group Friday



A Catholic advocacy group is running ads during every Los Angeles Dodgers game this week, calling out the team for its endorsement of anti-Christian bigotry.

In the lead-up to the team's Friday presentation of a "Community Hero Award" to the so-called Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, CatholicVote is also deploying mobile billboards to expose the group's degeneracy and anti-Christian bigotry.

The ad that CatholicVote is running during the games is entitled "The Dodgers Have Lost Their Way." It has already been seen over 1.4 million times on YouTube.

The ad notes the Dodgers weren't always synonymous with bigotry, highlighting a memorable occasion on which the Dodgers took a meaningful stand against prejudice: when the team signed Jackie Robinson, the first black American to play in Major League Baseball. The ad contrasts that bold move in 1947 with the team's recent decision to celebrate an anti-Christian activist group.

"Playing Jackie wasn’t popular. Hate and disrespect were popular, even in law. But the Dodgers were right. They helped power a movement and changed a nation. Their leadership, class, and style of play were the envy of baseball. The Dodger way," says the ad. "But today, the Dodgers are putting it all at risk."

"On June 16, a prominent anti-Catholic hate group will be honored on the field: a group that mocks Catholic nuns with vile sexual perversions, pole dances on crosses, blessings with sex toys, even sexualizing the Virgin Mary and the words of Jesus Christ," continues the narration. "A fringe group like this honored, awarded, celebrated? There is no equality in mocking women religious. No tolerance in hate. No pride in anti-Catholic bigotry. Mocking Christians is not the Dodger way."

The TV ads will run during the Dodgers' pregames, postgames, and the games themselves on the Los Angeles network that carries them.

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CatholicVote indicated that as part of its $1 million ad campaign, it will run mobile billboard trucks outside the stadium all week displaying "disturbing images of SPI and a quotation from a Christian Dodgers player who publicly disapproved of the team’s decision to honor the group."

There are now two players on the team whom the advocacy group can quote, plus a Nationals player who has been particularly outspoken.

TheBlaze previously reported that Clayton Kershaw, a Methodist, was the first of the Dodgers to speak out, saying, "I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions."

Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen similarly took a stand against his team's decision to honor the SPI, stating, "I am disappointed to see the Sister's [sic] of Perpetual Indulgence being honored as heroes at Dodger Stadium. Many of their performances are blasphemous, and their work only displays hate and mockery of Catholics and the Christian faith."

The 34-year-old from Wichita, Kansas, added, "This group openly mocks Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of my faith, and I want to make it clear that I do not agree with nor support the decision of the Dodger's [sic] to 'honor' the Sister's [sic] of Perpetual Indulgence."

The two were joined in their criticism by pitcher Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals, who called on his "fellow Catholics to reconsider their support of an organization that allows this type of mockery of its fans to occur."

"Inviting the Sister's [sic] of Perpetual Indulgence to perform disenfranchises a large community and promotes hate of Christians and people of faith. ... People like baseball for its entertainment value and competition. The fans do not want propaganda or politics forced on them," Williams said in a statement.

In addition to confronting Dodgers fans with discomfiting facts about the SPI outside Dodger Stadium, CatholicVote has also deployed billboard trucks outside the league's Manhattan headquarters.

According to Tommy Valentine, director of the Catholic Accountability Project at CatholicVote, the ad agency behind the trucks rejected one display because the SPI's acts depicted thereon were too vile.

"It goes to show the importance CatholicVote’s effort to hold the Dodgers and MLB accountable," said Valentine. "The group they’re honoring is not just hateful and bigoted – they’re so obscene that self-respecting companies don’t even feel comfortable displaying their disgusting behavior."

Valentine noted that as part of the campaign, CatholicVote is "also running a Spanish-language ad on L.A. Spanish radio stations and geotargeted digital ads and text messages to baseball fans in L.A."

While the team celebrates its 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night inside the stadium Friday, outside, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops noted the Catholic Church will instead celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The USCCB said in a statement, "This year, on June 16 — the day of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — a professional baseball team has shockingly chosen to honor a group whose lewdness and vulgarity in mocking our Lord, His Mother, and consecrated women cannot be overstated. This is not just offensive and painful to Christians everywhere; it is blasphemy."

Accordingly, Timothy Broglio, archbishop for the Military Services, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, and Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on the faithful to "recognize June as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" and commended efforts by Christians and "others of good will" to take a stand.

Several other American bishops have denounced the team and league over the decision to honor the SPI, including Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, who stated, "There are more than 4 million Catholics in Los Angeles, and the decision by the Dodgers to invite a group that seeks to openly disparage them, and the millions of Catholics around the world, is abhorrent and should be rescinded."

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City said, "I encourage the management of Major League Baseball to not allow baseball to be used to advance ideologies that are offensive to many of their customers. Please allow baseball fans to enjoy America’s past-time [sic] without having to be subjected to blasphemy and the mockery of the deeply held religious beliefs of many of its players and fans."

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco tweeted, "Our Catholic sisters devote themselves to serving others selflessly. Decent people would not mock & blaspheme them. So we now know what gods the Dodger admin worships. Open desecration & anti-Catholicism is not disqualifying. Disappointing but not surprising. Gird your loins."

LifeSiteNews indicated that Christians will be rallying, protesting, and praying at parking lot 13 outside Dodger Stadium at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

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FLASHBACK: San Francisco Giants Were 'Deeply Embarrassed' to Showcase Anti-Catholic Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

The controversial group—which consists of cross-dressing "nuns" who combine drag with religious imagery—was one of many to participate in the Giants' August 1995 "Until There's a Cure" AIDS benefit game. When the Catholic League wrote the Giants to take issue with the group's inclusion, then-team president Peter Magowan profusely apologized, saying the team was "deeply embarrassed" to be associated with the "sisters."

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