Billy Bean, Second Major League Baseball Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 60
Bean's death was confirmed by the Major League Baseball, which posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the former player ...
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Billy Bean dies at 60, led baseball on diversity after coming out as gay
FILE - Billy Bean, Major League Baseball vice president of Social Responsibility & Inclusion, throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez before a baseball game ...
Billy Bean, trailblazing ex-MLB player who later worked in commissioner's office, dies
The California native played in six big league seasons from 1987 to 1995, making his debut with the Detroit Tigers in a ...
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Billy Bean Dies: Second MLB Player To Come Out, Who Later Led Diversity Efforts, Was 60
Billy Bean, a former Los Angeles Dodger who went on to become the first diversity chief for Major League Baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 60. Major League Baseball said in a statement that the ...
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Billy Bean, Ex-MLB Outfielder and LGBTQ+ Pioneer in the League, Dies at 60
Billy Bean, one of Major League Baseball’s first openly gay former players and a longtime advocate for equality in sports, died Tuesday after a yearlong battle with acute myeloid leukemia ...
Should MLB punish pitchers for inadvertent bean balls? Tigers players have varied opinions
Atlanta's Whit Merrifield, beaned by a 95-mph fastball Tuesday, believes MLB will have rules in place to punish pitchers for ...
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Billy Bean, trailblazing ex-MLB player who later worked in commissioner's office, dies
NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...
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Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player, dies at 60
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice-president for diversity, equity and ...
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Billy Bean, Second Major League Baseball Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 60
Billy Bean has died at the age of 60. In 1999, the former baseball player — whose teams included the Detroit Tigers, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres — was the second former Major ...
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Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player who later worked in commissioner's office, dies at 60
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...