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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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FORMER BLUE JAYS, INDIANS PCHER T.J. HOE OUT AS GAY

Both pani are alg wh fallout om those mpaigns, which have clud hostile and homophobic cricisms and lls om LGBTQ+ activists not to ve to the, who was booed by Toronto fans his two home appearanc sce the apology, spoke to a group of media before Thursday’s w over Hoton, sayg he stood by his “personal beliefs. Hoe me out as gay last week an emotnal msage posted to his personal Facebook acunt that also announced his engagement to parter Ryan, who spent parts of four seasons the majors, tailed his stggl as a closeted gay man and how he ed his profsn as a mask of sorts. 44 ERA over 29 is the third former major leaguer to e out as gay, followg Billy Bean and Glenn om Yahoo Sports.

The NBA has had an openly gay player and the NFL drafted s first openly gay player this year. Dickey to the Toronto Star, who add he would have no problem playg wh a gay player.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS SAY BASEBALL READY FOR OPENLY GAY PLAYER

Many argue that Glenn Burke of the Los Angel Dodgers was openly gay the late 1970s, but while Burke was out to many -- if not all of his team -- his story never went public and was told after he retired. The article quotg the Blue Jays foced on Matt Kaplon, who was openly gay on his Drew Universy baseball team. "I had this ia my head that wasn't OK bee I didn't f the stereotyp that society has for gay people and for gay men particular, " Kaplon said.

"That was absolutely necsary for to be together wh how strongly we feel about the progrs that has been ma by the Toronto Blue Jays this Sox release pcher who posted homophobic tweetThe Blue Jays aren't the only MLB team to have a pcher's social media posts stir up ntroversy as Pri Month Boston Red Sox are signatg right-hand pcher Matt Dermody for assignment, one day after llg him up om the mors to start Thursday's game agast the Cleveland Guardians.

Dermody posted a homophobic tweet 2021 that has sce been leted, but screenshots have ntued to circulate. Yet, Sean Addis, a gay man and longtime Blue Jays fan, found himself stg the 500 sectn at the Rogers Centre ahead of Friday’s Pri Weekend ftivi. She remembers when former players Yunel Esbar and Kev Pillar were volved homophobic cints.

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MLB: Ex-Blue Jays, Indians pcher T.J. Hoe out as gay .

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