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A Lesbian’s Guide to Loving Major League Baseball

Begin with Angels in the Outfield, a mid-nineties movie remake in which a fresh Joseph Gordon-Levitt prays that his local baseball team, the California Angels, will win the pennant, and literal angels descend from the heavens to construct it so. Cultivate an adoration for this campy Christian film that scored 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. Pop that tape into the VCR every chance you get. Linger on the scene where the benevolent winged beings, unseen to all but Gordon-Levitt, gently heft a struggling outfielder toward a plummeting pop-fly, the ball sinking into his glove enjoy a dove into its nest. Linger on the endearing faith of Gordon-Levitt’s adorable sidekick J.P (Milton Davis, Jr.), who when confronted by the cynicism of adults only smiles mischievously and utters his iconic tagline: “Hey, it could happen!”

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Learn the lingo from your mother. ERA’s and RBI’s. Ground rule double. In-field fly. Walk. Strike. Passed ball. Wild pitch. Expend what seems like an entire summer tossing a squishy toy bas

National Gay &#; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Announces Historic Partnership with Major League Baseball

March 7,

Washington, D.C. &#; The National Gay &#; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBT community, proudly announces a historic supplier diversity partnership with Major League Baseball.  The news was shared in an exclusive story with Fortune Magazine that is generating tremendous excitement in the sports and business communities with additional conversations occurring via Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, and The Huffington Post among others.

&#;We take great pride in the fact that this partnership puts us closer to Major League Baseball and gives us the ability to take innovative suppliers to their operation,” Justin Nelson, Co-founder and President of the NGLCC, told Fortune.  “It puts your business in another league.”

“We’re thrilled MLB is now joining The Unites States Tennis Association (USTA) and the National Football League (NFL) to utilize LGBT-owned businesses in supply chains at their major events, including Super Bowl 50 and 51,

Pride Project: LGBTQ Pride and Organized Baseball: History in the making?

Those of you who&#;ve followed my career through my various gigs at writing and editing in the baseball sphere, from the early days of the New York Yankees&#; attempt at a website, stints at Gotham Baseball and Baseball Prospectus, to my current position as Publications Director for SABR, may have heard me say this before:

Every day in baseball something historic can happen. Sometimes it&#;s noticed at the time, like when the highly anticipated breaking of a record occurs. Other times it isn&#;t until some sabermetrician or historian goes back and looks at the facts and concludes that something happened. At the time that things are going on, the participants tend to be too wrapped up in doing the thing to also be leaving a written record of what they did. If the newspapers (or later, other media) didn&#;t create a record, players, teams, and even whole leagues can disappear without a trace.

I&#;ve been bookmarking and screencapping and noting articles, tweets, and other online mentions for a while now r

Texas Rangers frustrate LGBTQ advocates as only MLB team without a Pride Night

ARLINGTON, Texas — Rafael McDonnell sometimes gets to address the staff of his beloved Texas Rangers on issues of diversity and inclusion through his role with the Resource Center, one of the leading LGBTQ organizations in the Dallas area.

For several years, the Rangers have been the only Major League Baseball team without a Pride Night. When questioned about it, Texas has cited its work with the Resource Center, among other organizations.

As Pride Month — the June celebration of LGBTQ culture and rights — comes and goes again without the Rangers participating, McDonnell tried to explain the connection between his group and the team he has loved and watched for the better part of 50 years.

“It’s a complicated relationship,” McDonnell said. “As someone who grew up watching the Rangers, as someone who has gone to games since the s, some of my biggest and finest memories are going to games at the adj Arlington Stadium with my late grandfather and listening to games on the radio in his backyard.

“It pain