Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
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A GAY BASEBALL PLAYER, STATISTIL PERSPECTIVE
When David Denson me out, was a first for an active player, but there are probably dozens of gay men playg for teams the majors and mor leagu. * baseball gay character *
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.
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.