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Shooty Babitt says an out athlete would be 'a detriment to the team'

Friday night was restless for Kevin McClatchy. His identity since his early 20s had been in part defined by the closet he hid in. With Saturday’s approaching dawn, that closet door would be flung open with a New York Times column by Frank Bruni in which the former Pittsburgh Pirates owner declared publicly for the […]

Does the Washington National outfielder speak from experience?

The latest video in Outsports’ partnership with the It Gets Better Project™ is from Billy Bean, who played baseball with the Tigers, Dodgers and Padres from 1987-95. Bean is a gay sports pioneer, becoming one of the few pro athletes who publicly came out. I met Billy this weekend and we did a terrific interview […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 1999: A restaurant review in the Miami Herald changed Billy Bean's life. The article, in an oh-by-the-way fashion, mentioned that Bean and his partner in the restaurant were also partners in life. The item caught the attention of the New […]

The New York Mets hosting the team's second "gay night."

Sam Fuld Just a couple weeks ago, baseball's talking heads were repeating the same line: "What a boring September. All the races are over." I guess the Tampa Bay Rays never got that memo. When they woke up on Sept. 3 they were 9.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the AL wild card […]

Mike Piazza’s ‘straight’ announcement was the first of its kind.

Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Major League Baseball "Gay Night" in 2000 after ejecting two lesbians for kissing.

A gay Nationals Web fan site is claiming the Washington Nationals is the latest MLB team to commit to producing an “It Gets Better” video. The Giants have already made theirs, and the Cubs, Red Sox and Mariners have made commitments to do so. If true, that would make it five MLB teams to make […]

Her knowledge of baseball is incredible, and it was enlightening to talk with her about George Steinbrenner and the trades that happened around the All-Star Game.

Outsports is the latest target in Grady Sizemore’s witch hunt over his leaked and very sexy photos. We received a letter this afternoon from Sizemore’s representative, Terence B. Prince at CAA, demanding that we remove the photos from Outsports. You can read the PDF of the letter we received here. Despite how the photos were […]

Just two teammates who like to tickle.

Joe Torre, then manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wanted gay players to come out in 2009.

In the uproar over the salaries of Wall Street CEOs getting millions in compensation as they lead their companies into the financial toilet, this little nugget escaped attention. Until now, that is. Bud Selig, the lukewarm baseball commish, got a $3 million raise that boosted his compensation to $18.35 million. That means he made more […]