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Billy Bean, Major League Baseball's vice president of social responsibility and inclusion, threw out the first pitch Monday at the Philadelphia Phillies Pride Night Celebration. Bean, who is gay and a former MLB player, threw a strike to the Philly Phanatic.
On Monday's game, a 4-0 Phillies loss to the Washington Nationals, the team handed out special Phillies pride shirts to fans who bought tickets through the promotion and flew a rainbow flag below the American flag.
Here is Bean talking about the need for Pride Night, along with video of his pitch.
Photos by Mitch Leff.