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'Sad and infuriating:' Openly gay pro baseball player speaks out on Rays players' stance
Bryan Ruby, pro baseball player who came out as gay last year, said decision of some Rays players on Pride Night to refuse wearing a special LGBTQ decal is why players stay closeted.
Scott GleesonUSA TODAY
Professional baseball player Bryan Ruby, who came out as publicly gay last September, said the decisions of several Tampa Bay Rays players to decline wearing LGBTQ decals on specialized caps on their uniform is a bad look for baseball and an example of why players on current MLB rosters remain closeted.
Several Rays players, including pitchers Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson, declined to wear special caps with a multicolored Tampa Bay logo this past Saturday, opting instead for their standard ones, as the organization celebrated Pride Night against the Chicago White Sox.
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