When I hosted the first LGBT Community Night with the New York Mets in 2004, it took a lot of convincing for them to open the doors for the event. One of their big concerns was how to handle a transgender person using the restroom. Now the team itself is reviving the LGBT Community night [...]
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Moment #25: Mike Piazza announces, ‘I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual.’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 2002. In the June/July 2002 issue of Details magazine, then-New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine said he believed baseball was ready for an openly gay player. The New York Post, as they so often do, ran with it and wondered [...]
Baseball at the All-Star break: Time to get serious!
The Major League Baseball All-Stars have been announced so that means if you wear Yankee pinstripes then you are going to the game whether you deserve it or not. More importantly, the All-Star game marks the halfway point of the season so what better time to evaluate the league and highlight some of the good [...]
Minnesota Twins to make ‘It Gets Better’ video; Mets unlikely?
The Minnesota Twins are the latest to announce they will make an ‘It Gets Better’ video. This comes soon after a lesbian couple accused a Twins security guard of homophobia. The Twins are the fifth MLB team to make a commitment to the video series, joining the Giants, Cubs, Red Sox and Mariners. We had [...]
Mets players split 50-50 on gay marriage
In the wake of New York state legalizing same-sex marriage, Andy Martino of the New York Daily News decided to see what players on the Mets thought. Mets players were reluctant to speak publicly about the issue. Still, the news from Albany led to considerable clubhouse discussion, and one player who supports same-sex marriage estimated [...]
Quick hits: NFL Network, Patrick Kane, Mets
Comcast Cable got the NFL to back down from demands for their NFL Network and got them to reduce their monthly rate to 15 cents per subscriber, which opens the door for the Network to show up on other cable operators. Speaking of the NFL Network, they’re mad at Jon Gruden because he skipped out [...]
The magic wears off for new ballparks
It’s a good week if you’re a fan of the Mets (no) and Yankees (yes). The New York teams open a pair of new ballparks at a cost of more than $2 billion, with the Mets splitting their first two games in Citi Field and the Yankees opening tonight. If history is an indication, the [...]
Ex-wife slings gay rumor at former Met
Since Mike Piazza’s declaration that he’s straight, jokesters and Yankees fans have had a field day labeling the Mets a gay team. And now, more fuel for the fire . . . . Former New York Met Art Shamsky, part of the Amazin’s team that won the 1969 World Series, has been embroiled in a [...]