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Brewers minor-leaguer makes baseball history by coming out publicly as gay
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | Aug. 15, 2015 | Tom Haudricourt

Posted on 08/18/2015 4:58:29 PM PDT by Salman

For so long, David Denson desperately wanted to reveal to his baseball teammates that he is gay. He just never envisioned it happening in such impromptu and unstructured fashion.

A first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie affiliate in Helena, Mont., Denson had just entered the clubhouse a month or so ago when a teammate jokingly referred to him using a derogatory term for a gay male. It was the kind of profane, politically incorrect banter heard in that environment since team sports have been around.

That teammate had no way of knowing Denson actually is gay, but the 20-year-old slugger of African-American and Hispanic descent quickly seized the opportunity.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bfd; homosexualagenda
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To: Arm_Bears

I bet the guys who have to shower with him in the locker room are tickled to death, too. Don’t drop the soap.


41 posted on 08/18/2015 9:22:35 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Salman

As my mother would have said, this guy is a day late and a dollar short.

Definitely late to the party...


42 posted on 08/19/2015 1:31:23 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children laughing in play.)
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To: mountn man; MAexile; All

Wait. He’s Black, Hispanic, and gay?

Wow, he’s got the trifecta!

Now, if he were a woman, that would count even more.

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Just give him some time! LOL.


43 posted on 08/19/2015 1:32:11 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children laughing in play.)
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To: Dartman

” When was the last time a straight guy called the team and the press together to announce, “Ya know guys, I really like bangin’ women”?”

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LOLOL!!! Literally.

Canadians do have the best sense of humor. Um, sorry, humour. ;)


44 posted on 08/19/2015 1:34:17 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children laughing in play.)
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To: theoriginaljdp

“Well, well, well... folks, it’s the second coming of Jackie Robinson! (eyeroll)”

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I foresee an Oscar-winning movie in the works! LOL! :)


45 posted on 08/19/2015 1:35:31 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May every person have the chance, every day, to listen to the sound of children laughing in play.)
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To: Salman

How in the hell is this “:baseball history”? Did the fist known-homo in construction make “construction history”?


46 posted on 08/19/2015 2:44:35 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Salman

Coach asked David why he took his bat in the shower with him? David answered, “That’s not my bat, I just love taking showers.”


47 posted on 08/19/2015 6:03:45 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: mountn man

Give him a few years.


48 posted on 08/19/2015 7:48:59 AM PDT by relictele (WhatPrincipiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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