Riaan Chicago White Sox Umdlali omncane u-Anderson Comas ungene ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ememezela ukuthi uyisitabane.
“Umshwana wokuzihlangula: uma uzonda abantu abathandana nabobulili obufanayo lokhu okuthunyelwe kungenzeka kungabi okwakho noma ku-maby [sic] yebo ukuze ubone ukuthi sonke sibalulekile [sic] futhi sonke siyefana…,” u-Comas waqala ukubhala ku-Instagram.
“Lokhu kungaba yinto yami yomuntu siqu kakhulu engake ngabelana ngayo futhi ukuthi ngiyingxenye ye-LGTBQ+ ngokuziqhenya nangenjabulo. [sic] umphakathi. Nami ngiwumuntu onomphefumulo omkhulu, ngiyahlonipha, ngiyisithandwa, ngiyawuthanda umndeni wami nabangane futhi yilokho okubalulekile, ngiyawujabulela umsebenzi wami kakhulu, ukuba ngumdlali we-baseball okhokhelwayo kuyinto engcono kakhulu lokho kwangehlela so I just wanna say something to those people who says that gay can not be someone in this life, well bheka mina ngiyiGay futhi ngiyi professional athlete azange kuphele lokho. [sic] ukuze ngenze amaphupho ami afezeke, ngenza lokhu cause I wanna be an inspiration for those like me out there fitting for their dreams, ngicela ningalaleli lezoziphukuphuku ezishiwo abantu ngathi, nilwele amaphupho enu, zithembe futhi uzithathele yona.”
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Ukubuka okuvamile kwesikhwama sebhola se-Chicago White Sox enkundleni ngaphambi kwegeyimu ebhekene ne-Texas Rangers e-Globe Life Field ngo-Aug. 6, 2022 e-Arlington, Texas. (Izithombe zikaTim Heitman/Getty)
Billy Bean, akufanele kudidaniswe naye I-Oakland Athletics U-GM Billy Beane, no-Glenn Burke yibona kuphela abadlali be-baseball abakhulu noma abancane abake baphumela obala njengezitabane. Bobabili bakwenze ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi emdlalweni.
Lokho kwenza u-Comas kube ukuphela komdlali osebenzayo ku-baseball ukuba abe gay esidlangalaleni.
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Amakhoma asephumela obala manje, kodwa uChicago wafunda ngonyaka odlule mayelana nokuziphatha kwakhe kwezocansi.
Ukubuka okuvamile kwe-baseball ye-MLB ngaphambi kwegeyimu phakathi kwe-Seattle Mariners ne-Chicago White Sox e-T-Mobile Park ngoSepthemba 6, 2022 e-Seattle. ISeattle Mariners iwine ngo 3-0. (Izithombe zika-Alika Jenner/Getty)
“U-Anderson waqala ukwabelana nathi ngezindaba zakhe ngonyaka odlule,” kusho umsizi we-White Sox GM Chris Getz, ebhala ngeThe Athletic. “Futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi ubekhululekile ukwabelana nathi ekuthuthukisweni kwabadlali. Ngijabule futhi ngendlela inhlangano yonke esabela ngayo, obungalindela ukuthi isekele, isize futhi ihalalisele ozakwethu. Ngokubhala kwakhe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana namuhla, sonke siyaziqhenya ngo-Anderson nokuthi ukhululekile ukwabelana ngengxenye ebalulekile yempilo yakhe ngokukhululekile. “
U-Comas, umdlali wangaphandle oneminyaka engu-23 osuka eSanto Domingo, eDominican Republic, usefinyelele phezulu njengebhola lika-Single-A selokhu asayinwa ngo-2017.
Emidlalweni engu-21 ngonyaka odlule phakathi kwe-rookie Arizona Complex League kanye ne-Single-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, i-Comas yayinomugqa we-slash .169/.192/.394 nama-homer amane, ama-double amane kanye ne-RBI eyisishiyagalolunye.
Isigqoko sokuzivikela sikaJose Abreu, #79 weChicago White Sox, ngokumelene neMilwaukee Brewers e-American Family Field ngoJulayi 25, 2021 eMilwaukee. UWhite Sox wehlule iBrewers ngo 3-1. (Izithombe zikaJohn Fisher/Getty)
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U-Comas wenze kangcono ku-Arizona Complex League, njengoba ehambe i-10-for-29 nabasekhaya bakhe, kabili kanye ne-RBI bonke beza lapho emidlalweni eyisishiyagalombili. Lapho esefike ku-Single-A, wahamba kuphela 2-for-42 emidlalweni engu-13 yeKannapolis.
