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Major League Baseball prospect reveals he’s gay
Major League Baseball has its first gay prospect. According to a post on the league’s website, David Denson, a first baseman/outfielder for the Brewers’ rookie-level affiliate in Helena, Montana, came out in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.The Brewers play in the Wisconsin city.
‘Talking with my teammates, they gave me the confidence I needed, coming out to them,’ Denson said to the newspaper. ‘They said, “You’re still our teammate. You’re still our brother. We kind of had an idea, but your sexuality has nothing to do with your ability. You’re still a ballplayer at the end of the day. We don’t treat you any different. We’ve got your back.”
‘That was a giant relief for me,’ the Brewers’ 27th-ranked prospect continued. ‘I never wanted to feel like I was forcing it on them. It just happened. The outcome was amazing. It was nice to know my teammates see me for who I am, not my sexuality.’
According to MLB, Denson, who hails from California, is the first active player affiliated with an MLB organization to come out publicly. From all accounts he has the support of the Brewers.
‘David is a highly respected member of the Milwaukee Brewers family, and he is a very courageous young man,’ Brewers GM Doug Melvin said in a 16 August statement. ‘Our goal for David is to help develop him into a Major League player, just as it is for any player in our system, and we will continue to support him in every way as he chases that dream.’
Billy Bean, MLB’s ambassador of inclusion and a player who came out after an eight year career, tweeted the following:
Big day 4 David Denson & props to @Brewers for support of their young player #mlb #inclusion t.co/TbNMoDyG9l
— Billy Bean (@billybeanball) August 16, 2015
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