the majority of players in baseball, and even members of the media. One reporter was overheard as saying he knew about Burke’s sexuality but he “couldn’t put that in the paper.” Glenn Burke had to ...

including just three in Major League Baseball. All three players, Glenn Burke, Billy Bean and TJ House, publicly come out after their playing careers were over. But that culture is starting to change.

but few know the story of the high-five, from its origins to the professional and personal decline of the man credited with its creation, Glenn Burke.