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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TEAMMAT' GAY JOK WERE SIGN OF ACCEPTANCE FOR MOR LEAGUE PCHER AFTER HE ME OUT
Last year, Sean Conroy, a mor league pcher wh the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn of Baseball Clubs, me out publicly as gay, the first active pro baseball player to do so. While he was outwardly accepted, wasn't until teammat started jokg wh him about gay stuff that he knew he was tly one of them. They signed him for his baseball abily and had no ia he was gay until Conroy me out prr to startg last June on the team's Pri Night.
"That wasn’t a gay reference. " On still another night, [Fehlandt Lenti], the Stompers’ manager, yells, "At least lube up, at least give some K-Y" at one of the many umpir he thks is squeezg the durg a ld, wdy game Vallejo, I s the bullpen, listeng on a nversatn which the other relievers ask Sean about "signals, " or ways to tell whether someone is gay. We have heard the same om many other gay athlet who have e out.
Once teammat mocked their fashn sense or tried to play gay matchmaker or asked for hair re advice, the fort level grew dramatilly.
GAY PUNS
We didn't realize he'd be the first openly gay player pro baseball history" — is wonrfully tailed and well worth your time.
Gay of the Dead. All Souls' Gay.
Remembrance Gay.