Devout baseball fans might view their teams performance as heavenly or hellish, depending on the quality of play. Currently, its the Los Angeles Dodgers handling of their annual Pride Night not the teams record that has provoked emotional reactions from religious people, including prominent faith leaders, Catholic nuns, and even the teams All-Star ace .

Indeed, three high-ranking U.S. Catholic leaders this week suggested the team had committed blasphemy .

The Dodgers have been holding Pride Nights for 10 years, but this years edition on Friday night became entangled last month in a high-profile controversy.

Under a barrage of criticism from some conservative Catholics, the team rescinded an invitation to a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be honored at Pride Night. The Sisters performers mostly men who dress flamboyantly as nuns are active in protests and charitable programs.

A week later, after a vehement backlash from LGBTQ+ groups and their allies, the Dodgers reversed course re-inviting the Sisters Los Angeles chapter to be honored for its charity work and apologizing to the LGBTQ+ community.

The Dodgers reversal was welcomed by LGBTQ+ allies, including some Catholic nuns. But it infuriated many conservative Catholics, even at the highest levels of the U.S. hierarchy.