re: How did "____ is the first gay player" become so big recently?

There was a 30 for 30 short on him. Dodgers definitely wanted to keep it under wraps, someone with the team offered him money to get married. He believed that his sexuality was a big reason he was traded. Don't remember if he came out while still playing for Oakland but it seemed about as obvious as you could get.

He was buds with tommy lasordas son who died of aids, who tommy apparently still doesn't believe was gay.