Similarly... I had a flamingly queer professor in college that often stated that within the gay community, everyone knows that Derek Jeter is gay.
New York had a twofer in the gay face of the franchise. From someone whose best friend at the time was married to a very, very important person in the Mets organization said that David Wright was gay. He joins a long legacy of Mets players, Rusty Staub, Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, and Robbie Alomar.