Despite intense backlash, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed support for the organization's recent Pride Night.

In recent weeks, the franchise has faced criticism for its decision to honor the Los Angeles chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Dodger Stadium.

"For me, this is an existential question for me," Roberts said Friday while wearing a Pride-themed Dodgers hat. 

"It’s a big, overarching kind of question in the sense that my parents raised me to love everyone. To respect everyone."

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Roberts added that even when people disagree, they should still "be able to coexist."

"Treat people the way that you would want to be treated. We’re not always going to agree on everyone’s decisions in life," Roberts said. "That’s the way the world works. And that’s OK. I do think that we should still all be able to coexist. 

"For me, it just always goes back to loving everyone. And as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a baseball team, I welcome — we welcome — anyone that comes through these gates to support our ball club."

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Hours before Pride Night festivities began Friday, demonstrators in opposition to the satirical LGBTQ+ group receiving the Community Hero Award gathered in a parking lot just outside Dodger Stadium. Organizers called the gathering a "prayerful procession."

The Dodgers played the San Francisco Giants Friday night. Gabe Kapler, the Giants' manager, said he was "very proud to be wearing pride colors tonight. I know many of our players feel the same."

Kapler also spoke about the protestors, saying, "I believe in and support any peaceful protest."

The Dodgers engaged in a back-and-forth with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. After receiving backlash, the team rescinded its invitation to the group, only to invite it again several days later.

"People are going to have different opinions, but our culture now is in a place where we’re not coexisting, and that’s what’s sad and unfortunate," Roberts said. "I love everyone. That’s kind of where I’m at. Anyone who wants to come in here and support us and the Dodgers, I’m all in. We’re all in. That’s how I was raised."

The Dodgers held a players-only meeting May 29, the same day the team's star pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, publicly shared that he disagreed with the franchise's decision to host The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

"This has nothing to do with the LGBTQ community or Pride or anything like that," he told the Los Angeles Times. "This is simply a group that was making fun of a religion. That I don’t agree with."

Roberts said he welcomes different "thoughts and beliefs" from his players.

"They’re all individuals, and they have their thoughts and beliefs," Roberts said. "I welcome that. I think it’s great. But I haven’t really had conversations. I think between themselves, among themselves, they have. And I think it’s just important that everyone is educated and has conversations. That’s always important, and I support that."

Earlier this week, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he wants to leave decisions on hosting a Pride Night to each franchise.

"We have told teams, in terms of actual uniforms, hats, bases, that we don’t think putting logos on them is a good idea just because of the desire to protect players," Manfred said, "not putting them in a position of doing something that may make them uncomfortable because of their personal views."

Bob Brown, a Pro Football and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday surrounded by family and friends. 

He was 81 years old.

Brown played in the NFL from 1964-1973, was a nine-time All-Pro and was widely regarded as of the best offensive linemen of his era. He played with the Eagles, Rams and Raiders during his prolific 10-year pro career.

He was also named to the NFL's 1960s All-Decade team.

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According to Brown's wife, through a statement from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he suffered a stroke in April. She said he had been in a rehabilitation center ever since.

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"Bob Brown demonstrated different personalities on and off the field," Hall of Fame President Jim Porter said in a statement. "On the field, he was as fierce an opponent as any defensive linemen or linebacker ever faced. He used every tactic and technique — and sometimes brute force — to crush the will of the person across the line from him. And took great pride in doing so.

"Yet, off the field, he demonstrated a quiet, soft-spoken and caring nature that his son, Robert Jr., captured eloquently when he presented his dad for enshrinement in 2004. The Hall extends its thoughts and prayers to CeeCee and Robert Jr. for their loss."

Brown was the No. 2 overall pick in the 1964 NFL Draft after he was named a unanimous All-American in his last season with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The football program has since retired his No. 64.

Brown was also drafted in the first round of the 1964 AFL Draft.

Brown played on the offensive line alongside Gene Upshaw, center Jim Otto and tackles Art Shell and Ron Mix when he was with the Raiders in 1971. Each of those players have also been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The late John Madden, who coached Brown during his stint with the Raiders, once complimented the former offensive lineman's tenacity.

"Bob was the most aggressive lineman that ever played," Madden said via the Pro Football Hall of Fame's official website.