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The first openly gay profsnal baseball player to e out publicly while still active the sport has pched a shutout, strikg out 11 and allowg three hs over ne ngs.

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'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY

Before he me out as gay followg his reer, Glenn Burke brought a new way of celebratg to baseball and the world. * gay baseball moments *

While Burke never me out durg his playg reer, he also ma no effort to hi the fact that he was gay om his teammat.

FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO PLAYER, SEAN CONROY, GETS SHUTOUT HISTORIC START

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Burke’s big league reer was short and tumultuo, marked by clash wh homophobic managers Tommy Lasorda and Billy Mart. So dt off those cleats, warm up your pchg arm (or tchg hand, we’re not here to make assumptns) and root, root, root for the homo team, bee the five moments baseball all serve an stant replay.

Related: A Philli locker room rual has gay fans screamg. And appealg as the embrace may be to queer fans, ’s important to note that there’s absolutely nothg herently gay about two men showg physil affectn. Here's a list of those the profsnal and llege baseball world proud enough to wear a rabow p wh their pstrip and e out as gay.

9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so. * gay baseball moments *

An outfielr for the Los Angel Dodgers and the Oakland A's between 1976 and 1979, Glenn Burke beme the first Major League Baseball player to e out as gay to teammat and owners while still active, though the team asked that he keep his sexualy secret om the public and he plied. Two years later, he told Insi Sports that he believed he'd been let go om the Dodgers bee he was gay. He beme one of few proment gay athlet of the era after that, playg the Gay Gam 1982 and 1986.

"They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma , " he told The Philalphia Inquirer. @billybeanballThe only livg Major League Baseball veteran who has e out as gay, outfielr Billy Bean played for the Tigers, Dodgers, and Padr over a reer that spanned om 1987 to 1995. He me out four years after retirg om the field, and wrote his 2003 book Gog the Other Way: Lsons From a Life and Out of Major League Baseball that the bullyg and homophobic world of baseball led him to walk away om pro ball.

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List of gay baseball players Major League Baseball (MLB) and the mor league. Updated: TJ Hoe, Billy Bean, Jason Burch, Glenn Burke, John Dillger. * gay baseball moments *

"Beg gay don't change anythg about the way I play or teract wh teammat, " he said a team statement released for Pri Month.

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