Baseball Players and Uniform Problems
棒球員與球衣問題
Introduction
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the San Francisco Giants have a problem. Some players changed their uniforms during a Pride event.
美國職棒大聯盟（MLB）與舊金山巨人隊目前面臨一個問題。部分球員在一次 Pride 活動中更改了他們的球衣。
Main Body
Four players from the San Francisco Giants changed their clothes on June 12. Three players wrote words from the Bible on a rainbow logo. One player did not wear his hat. MLB gave these players warnings because they broke the rules.
舊金山巨人隊的四名球員在 6 月 12 日更改了服裝。三名球員在彩虹標誌上寫下了聖經經文。另一名球員則沒有戴帽子。由於違反規定，MLB 已對這些球員發出警告。
Some people in San Francisco are angry. They say the players were not kind to the LGBTQ community. Other teams do things differently. The Texas Rangers do not have a Pride Night. They have a Faith and Family Night instead.
舊金山的部分人士感到憤怒。他們表示球員對 LGBTQ 社群並不友善。其他球隊的做法則有所不同。德州遊騎兵隊沒有舉辦 Pride Night，而是舉辦「信仰與家庭之夜」。
People say the team manager, Tony Vitello, knew about the plan. He helped the players. Now, some people want the team leaders to change because they did not stop the players.
有人稱球隊經理 Tony Vitello 知曉此計劃並協助了球員。現在，部分人士希望球隊領導層調職，因為他們未能阻止球員的行為。
Conclusion
The players want to show their faith. The league wants all players to wear the same uniforms.
球員希望表達他們的信仰，而聯盟則要求所有球員穿著統一的球衣。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The Power of "DID NOT"
In this story, we see a pattern used to say something failed or was stopped. At the A2 level, knowing how to make a sentence negative in the past is a superpower.
The Secret Formula:
Did not + Action (Normal Form)
Look at these examples from the text:
- One player did not wear his hat. (He forgot or chose not to)
- They did not stop the players. (The leaders stayed quiet)
⚠️ The Golden Rule: When you use did not, the action word stays simple.
❌ Wrong: Did not wore ✅ Right: Did not wear
Quick Comparison:
- Positive: He wore a hat. (Past change)
- Negative: He did not wear a hat. (Back to normal form)