</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Maple Leafs:
<strong>Remember last year when a magazine dropped hints that it's gay editor was dating a major leaguer? They mentioned that it was an east coast team, that it was a well-known player, but that he wasn't the best known player on his team.
But they never mentioned who it was, so I guess we'll never (cough, Brady Anderson, cough) know for sure.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/spo/hs/mlb/sm/5864.gif" alt="" />
ESPN Radio has been covering the topic today. Bobby Valentine was asked in an interview in Details magazine how a gay player would be received in the clubhouse and Valentine said it wouldn't be a problem at all. According to ESPN, rumors have been circulating that a star player on the Mets (read - Mike Piazza) is gay, and Valentine is trying to make the player more at ease should it be revealed by his comment.
The whole topic is worthless, in my opinion, because if it's true - Who Cares?, and if it's not true, a player's reputation is being damaged. People may ask why is it OK for me to talk about it and it's not OK for ESPN to do the same, but the difference is my words have no influence over anyone's opinion, while a large media outlet like ESPN does.
<small>[ 05-21-2002, 02:18 PM: Message edited by: Hammer755 ]</small>