Still, Denson is not the first person to be openly gay while playing professional baseball. Glenn Burke may never have sat down for a talk with his fellow players, and his magazine profile ...

Nearly forty years ago, Glenn Burke made the momentous decision to come out publicly as gay — making him the first Major League Baseball player to do so. “It came to the point where I was ...

At Pride Night, Los Angeles will celebrate the life of Glenn Burke, M.L.B.’s first openly ... They describe him as a player who could beat you on the baseball field and school you on the ...

"That's why they traded Glenn." At that time the A's were baseball purgatory and Burke struggled. Billy Martin bated him with anti-gay slurs. Much of the clubhouse shunned him. "The tension in the ...

You could say that Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out, is having a good season. In March, bestselling author Andrew Maraniss published a thoughtful biography ...

Sonoma Stompers teammates wear rainbow armbands in support as history made. The post Trailblazer: Openly gay pro pitcher ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with author Andrew Maraniss about homophobia in Major League Baseball's history after some members of the Tampa Bay Rays refused to wear Pride jerseys. Over the weekend ...

“So I reached up and hit his hand. It seemed like the thing to do.” Former pro baseball player Glenn Burke, seen here in 1994, is credited with inventing the high five at a Dodgers game in 1977 ...