You need to get your facts straight.
It wasn't a ballplayer. It was Grey's Anatomy cast member Isaiah Washington, who, in the midst of an on-set tirade, called a gay cast member a "faggot" while complaining about how being a homosexual kept him out of trouble with a producer, who was also one. Washington had to go to "rehab," and was welcomed back for the remainder of the season. Then, the word came down Washington's character was written out of the show, and he claims the whole "rehab" thing was a PR scam. Now, he blames his being black for his release, which is amusing because Grey's is the most successful series created and produced by an African-American (Shonda Rhimes) since The Cosby Show.
Coulter's "joke" was plain stupid. Calling Edwards a "faggot" had nothing to do with why he shouldn't be within a mile of the Presidency. Good jokes don't have to be explained.
If that’s the case, then I guess I
stand half-corrected. But only half. Otherwise, you yourself are about half wrong, but I don’t have the time, [nor the inclination] to explain it to you.