Are there any gay major league baseball players
In his 1990 autobiography, “Behind the Mask: My Double Being in Baseball,” Dave Pallone, a homosexual major league umpire who was inaudibly fired in 1988 after rumors about his sexual orientation circulated in the baseball world, contended that there were enough gay major league players to create an All-Star team.
Since then, attitudes and laws about homosexuality have changed. High-profile figures in business, politics, display business, education, the media, the military and sports hold come out of the closet.
Athletes in three of the five major U.S. male team sports – the NBA, NFL and MLS – own come out while still playing, with NFL player Carl Nassib and NHL prospect Luke Prokop coming out in summer 2021. Meanwhile, according to OutSports magazine, at least 185 publicly out LGBTQ athletes – 90% of them women – participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, more than in all previous Summer Olympics combined.
But among the more than 20,000 men who own played major league baseball, not one has publicly appear out of the closet while still in uniform.
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Current openly gay MLB players?
Czarcasm1
Are they any current openly gay Major League Baseball players?
What_Exit2
The answer is no. In proof, I’m pretty sure none were openly gay during their careers. A few have come out after their careers. But not really the same.
Baseball seems to be doing better and is probably ready for an openly gay player, but being the first will be tough. If they were fortunate, a minor group could come out at the same time.
panache453
…a small collective could come out at the same time.
Or a couple.
Maserschmidt4
Besides Carl Nassib in the NFL, I’m having trouble thinking of anyone who’s come out in the major sports.
Atamasama5
Or a couple.
That’s a different story. If two players find love or even just have a physical attraction, more power to you, I’m happy for you. But I imagine if players become romantically involved that might produce things awkward, especially as players get traded and have to separate. Imagine if they are competing against each other in a game! “Sorry I strike you with that pitch honey!”
Then again, maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal. I deliberate that would be in
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Maple Leafs:
<strong>Remember last year when a magazine dropped hints that it's gay editor was dating a major leaguer? They mentioned that it was an east coast team, that it was a well-known player, but that he wasn't the best known player on his team.
But they never mentioned who it was, so I guess we'll never (cough, Brady Anderson, cough) know for sure.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/spo/hs/mlb/sm/5864.gif" alt="" />
ESPN Radio has been covering the topic today. Bobby Valentine was asked in an interview in Details magazine how a male lover player would be received in the clubhouse and Valentine said it wouldn't be a issue at all. According to ESPN, rumors have been circulating that a
The first openly gay major league baseball player
Re: The first openly gay major league baseball player
Glen Burke (76-79) was gay and came out during his professional major league career to his team mates and owners.
Re: The first openly gay major league baseball player
True, and there may be players today who contain been open with their teammates and owners as well, but not to the public.Quote:
Originally Posted by PuffyPigGlen Burke (76-79) was gay and came out during his professional major league career to his team mates and owners.
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Then to the public in 1982 (Inside Sports... recall that magazine?)Quote:
Originally Posted by PuffyPigGlen Burke (76-79) was gay and came out during his professional major league career to his team mates and owners.
Glen also brought the lofty five to baseball.... oh and who did he high five?
Dusty Baker.
Re: The first openly male lover major league baseball player
Burke's association with the Dodgers was a difficult one. According to his autobiography Out at Home, Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis offered to pay for a lavish hone