NY Yankees go homo

https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/745399161751736320/photo/1 ^ | Jun 21, 2016

[Ray76]

Commemorating those killed in the jihad attack in Orlando is fine. But the Yankees use it to promote homosexuality.

[Ransomed]

He was openly gay in the 80s? As in the public knew it?

Freegards

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

“Damned Yankees”!!!

Anyone here at FR know what I’m referring to? If so, you’re an old fart just like me, but the music was great.

[SunLakesJeff]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burkegl01.shtml

No, not like he wore rainbow socks or shoes. But he did "out" himself. No one cared, as he was a AAA playa, at best.

[Ransomed]

It sounds like his teammates were in on it and he wasn’t a jerk about it.

The first openly gay MLB player will be celebrated by any club that gets him, they will promote him because of it.

But baseball might be the sport where the nature of the game will long delay it more than the other major pro-sports. A gay that comes out is going to have to play up to what everyone knows is acceptable. Pitch track will make sure they are legit.

Freegards

[SunLakesJeff]

+1

There will, undoubtedly, be an "Outed Day", for all of the non-Burkes, particularly those who put up better statistics, who had grievances of variances unperceived as of late.

What you speak of, of course, is Rainbow Uniform Day.

[shortstop]

Looks like that's already been done. The Ass-tros thought of it first.

[Ransomed]

The first rainbow uniform day might be delayed because of all the latino players, though.

Freegards

[Pelham]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(film)

[dmz]

I played the role of shoeless Joe in my high schools production of damn Yankees. In 1976.