Matt Barker, back then, was considered a baseball prodigy in high school. Now, let’s look at the baseball players who have come out as gay during or after their playing career. The pressure towards accepting gay players in baseball may be why gay players who come out as gay before or after retirement have a short career.
In professional baseball, brave players who came out as gay publicly are mainly from minor leagues. The recent incident of Reds announcer Brennaman, among a few, also proves why. In MLB, players recorded using homophobic slur in games. Major League Baseball seems to be falling behind other sports leagues towards acceptance of gay players. Although step is taken to support the LGBTQ community it has proven to be ineffective.īaseball is one of the 5 major sports in America, and its popularity is increasing across the globe. Like other sports, homophobia is still prevalent in baseball.
