This comes up from time to time, and today it's my friend Graham Womack who brings it up:
It’s one of the last remaining areas of bigotry in America, persecution of gays, and not surprisingly, baseball isn’t much evolved ... With estimates that 10 percent of people are gay or lesbian, chances are good that a sport of 750 players (up to 1,200 after September call-ups) already has a gay All Star or two.
I Simply Felt This Was An Interesting AND Important Little Article.
-BRAD
Puts new meaning to getting a base on balls.
There have been a few gays in baseball that I have heard of. If there are any today, they probably are not coming out anytime soon.
In this millennia it shouldn’t even be an issue.
I Know It Shouldn’t. But It Is