Billy Bean Thinks Baseball Is Changing
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🗓️ 23 September 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Last month, Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman used a gay slur on a live broadcast and followed it up with an apology that some regarded as awkward and insincere. Billy Bean, MLB's Ambassador for Inclusion (and a former Major Leaguer), joins us to discuss the Brennaman incident and its aftermath, his own coming out story, and why he believes baseball is becoming more tolerant.
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| 1:07.8 | Last month, Cincinnati Reds announcer Tom Brennan used a gay slur on a live broadcast. |
| 1:13.6 | The f***ing capitals of a world. |
| 1:18.8 | Reds live, the pregame show presented by Ray St. Claire Roofing. |
| 1:23.3 | And he followed that up with an apology that many regarded as awkward and insincere. |
| 1:28.6 | I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith. |
| 1:34.4 | As there's a drive in a deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. |
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