White Sox Minor Leaguer Announces He Is Gay
Anderson Comás, a minor leaguer within the Chicago White Sox group, revealed on Sunday that he’s homosexual, turning into solely the second energetic participant affiliated with a significant league staff to make such a public announcement.
In an Instagram publish, Comás warned homophobic readers that the message wouldn’t be for them after which mentioned he’s “proudly and happily part of the LGTBQ+ community.”
Comás, 23, signed with Chicago out of the Dominican Republic in 2016. He has spent most of his profession as an outfielder however transformed right into a full-time aid pitcher in 2022. He had a 6.35 E.R.A. in 11⅓ innings with Chicago’s rookie league staff in Arizona final season, battling with some management points however placing out greater than a batter per inning.
After Comás’s publish was printed, the White Sox confirmed help for the choice, saying on Twitter, “We are all so proud of you, Anderson!” The staff additionally launched a press release in help of the younger participant.
“Anderson first shared his news with us last year,” Chris Getz, Chicago’s assistant normal supervisor for participant growth, mentioned within the assertion. “And I was very pleased that he was comfortable sharing with us in player development.
“I also was happy at the reaction across the organization, which as you would expect was to support, help and congratulate a teammate. With his social media post today, we all are so proud of Anderson and that he is comfortable sharing such an important personal part of his life so openly.”
No main leaguers have revealed publicly, whereas they have been energetic gamers, that they have been homosexual. But Glenn Burke, a rising star with the Los Angeles Dodgers within the late Seventies, was identified to be homosexual by lots of his teammates. Burke was badly mistreated by a number of groups within the majors, together with the Dodgers, and died of problems from AIDS in 1995. The Dodgers, acknowledging that mistreatment, celebrated Burke’s life at their annual Pride Night final summer season.
Billy Bean, an outfielder for a number of groups from 1987 to 1995, revealed he was homosexual after his profession was over and in 2014 was named M.L.B.’s ambassador for inclusion.
In addition to Burke and Bean, David Denson, a minor league first baseman within the Milwaukee Brewers group, publicly revealed he was homosexual in 2015. Denson retired after the 2016 season.
The rarity of Comás’s announcement is just not restricted to baseball. Only a small handful of gamers within the different main American males’s sports activities leagues have declared that they’re homosexual.
Comás mentioned in his Instagram publish that he wished to push again towards the assumption by some that being homosexual limits what an individual can accomplish.
“I’m doing this cause I wanna be an inspiration for those like me out there fighting for their dreams,” he wrote. “Please don’t listen to those stupid things that people say about us, fight for your dreams, believe in yourself and go for it.”
