Indians pitcher: Gay porn video was mistake

MSNBC / AP ^ | January 27, 2004 | Associated Press

[Alberta's Child]

Tadano asks for forgiveness, expects abuse from fans . . .

Indians minor leaguer Kazuhito Tadano is asking for forgiveness for what he called a one-time mistake — his appearance in a gay porn video in which he engaged in a homosexual act.

Tadano took part in the video three years ago when he was a college student. Sitting in the Cleveland clubhouse Tuesday, the pitcher said he hoped to put his actions in the past . . .

[Alberta's Child]

You can't make this sh!t up.

[goldstategop]

I forgive him. Unless more turns up, he shouldn't be judged for what he did when he was a college lad...

[VaBthang4]

???

[doug from upland]

I hope the Indians have a player with the last name of Chance and Tadano has a save opportunity that he messes up. The headline: Tribe Loses, Tadano Blows Chance

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think you need to "forgive" him -- it's not as if he has wronged you in any way.

At least we know he's a "pitcher," eh?

[cyborg]

Give me a barf bag. This is news? Baseball players have done WORSE. I don't suppose we'll hear cries of sorrow from all the Girls Gone Wild lesbo cameos of chicks.

[dfwgator]

Did he pitch or catch?

[goldstategop]

Nah. I have a weakness for hard luck cases. I could care less who he did it with in a video ages ago. It was consensual adult sex and besides it shouldn't be a disqualification in era when gays and lesbians are a part of mainstream society.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL!!!

[Alberta's Child]

According to the article, he is most definitely a pitcher. But it's possible he was playing a different position back then.

[ambrose]

I agree.. he has nothing to be sorry for.. not to me at least... He needs to forgive himself and stop hanging this over his head and just play baseball. I don't want to hear about his sex life anymore.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

...Tadano took part in the video three years ago when he was a college student...

...Shunned by Japanese baseball teams, the 23-year-old Tadano signed with the Indians last March...

...Tadano gave few details about the video, which he made after his sophomore year at Rikkyo University....

...I was young, playing baseball, and going to college and my teammates and I needed money...

...Through an interpreter, Tadano added: "I’m not gay. I’d like to clear that fact up right now."...

...Tadano knows he may face fan abuse in major league parks such as Yankee Stadium, where heckling the visitors is part of the pageantry...

..."I don’t understand English, so it doesn’t really matter," he said.

[Major_Risktaker]

Kazuhito Tadano never got a second chance in Japan, where the pitcher was shunned by pro baseball teams after he appeared in a gay pornographic video.

The commissioner of Japanese baseball
came out and said, "You will not draft Tadano"

__________________

Save the kids. I say no way he should play!

[mikegi]

Through an interpreter, Tadano added: “I’m not gay. I’d like to clear that fact up right now.”

Uhhh, yeah right, whatever you say.

Outfielder Grady Sizemore said ... a top prospect who lived with Tadano this winter ... "He’s a great guy and a great pitcher".

FYI: Grady Sizemore also plays in the NFL. For the 2004 season, he's been moved from tight end to wide receiver.

[Charles Henrickson]

I hope the Indians have a player with the last name of Chance. . . .

He did play for the Indians in 1970.

[this_ol_patriot]

Did he pitch or catch?

Neither, he was the batboy.

[JerseyHighlander]

"I don’t understand English, so it doesn’t really matter," he said

His only grace....but

The Yankee bleacher bums are going to learn Japanese, just so they can howl invectives at him...

I can't find anything else to say that won't get me banned...

[Fledermaus]

So in the video, did he pitch or catch?

[dfwgator]

Tadano added: “I’m not gay."

But his boyfriend is.