Rocking the Rockies. (Sports).Joining the growing list of professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. teams engaged in damage control with their gay fans, the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. organization in late April distanced itself from relief pitcher relief pitcher n. Baseball A pitcher who replaces another during a game. Noun 1. relief pitcher - a pitcher who does not start the game fireman, reliever Todd Jones, who told The Denver Post he wouldn't accept an openly gay player. "Yeah, he's got rights or whatever, but he shouldn't walk around proud," Jones said. "It's like he's rubbing it in our face." Rockies president Keli McGregor quickly labeled Jones's statements "unfortunate." Jones later apologized to his teammates and Rockies management yet also told reporters, "I think my only mistake was that I made my views public." "Unfortunately, it's still pretty much acceptable for an athlete to make homophobic ho·mo·pho·bi·a n. 1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men. 2. Behavior based on such a feeling. [homo(sexual) + -phobia. remarks without there being any serious consequences," said Jim Buzinski, cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of the gay-themed sports Web site Outsports.com. "And since there are zero professional male athletes in team sports who are publicly out, there's no one who can speak up for gay athletes." |
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