The Toronto Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass is really sorry.

You see, Major League Baseball honors men in nun costumes who hand out condoms and simulate sex on crosses — that’s just “inclusivity.” Reactionary orthodox Christians with opinions, on the other hand, will be compelled to engage in ritual public humiliation and beg for forgiveness.

Over the weekend, Bass shared a post on his Instagram account promoting “anti-LGBTQ campaigns, which targeted boycotting Target and Bud Light because of those companies associated with the promotion of Pride campaigns.” Or, at least, “anti-LGBTQ” is how most news organizations describe boycotts against Bud Light — over the hiring of Dylan Mulvaney, who’s made a career aping a daft caricature of women — and Target, which sells chest binders and packing clothing and markets pro-trans apparel to kids.

Anyway, Bass’s scripted apology has all the earmarks of a contemporary struggle session.

[It looked more like a hostage video to me, but I like Harsanyi’s interpretation too. I wrote a little bit about MLB generally in my post about the Dodgers, and I see this as yet another reason why the players’ union may get involved soon. Their members would likely expect the union to prevent this kind of forced public humiliation. — Ed]