A's to honor first openly gay MLB player, Oakland native Glenn Burke

Contents:

• CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
• DODGERS HAVE HAD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S ONLY 2 OPENLY GAY PLAYERS

CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY

Today, as the Los Angel Dodgers prepare to play the World Seri agast the Tampa Bay Rays, -founr Jim Buzski remds that the Dodgers anchise is a part of LGBTQ sports history as havg the only two MLB players who ever were public about beg gay.

Dodgers have had Major League Baseball’s only 2 openly gay players.

In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been only two players who have e out as gay: Glenn Burke and Billy Bean. Burke, while never publicly out wh the media while playg, did nothg to hi the fact to his teammat that he was gay.

DODGERS HAVE HAD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S ONLY 2 OPENLY GAY PLAYERS

Not a “Hey world, I’m gay” way, but the sense that his teammat knew as did the management of the Los Angel Dodgers, Burke’s first team.