Not that there's anything wrong with it
While many of baseball brethren were agog about the long-awaited and successful debut of Mark Prior with the Cubs (and I got him on one of my fantasy rosters in time), too many others were jumping on the Mike Piazza "I'm not gay" story. The Brandon Lemon article last year in Out caused a stir, and lots of whispering and throwing around of names, but this got a bit ridiculous when Page Six can dictate the back page. Piazza pretty much did a pre-emptive strike with his comments, but it probably won't get much better until this weekend when the Mets return home and the fans can react one way or another.

I wouldn't have a problem with an openly gay baseball player. It would stop some of the snickering behind backs guessing if he's in or out. Unfortunately, most people aren't that open, and there'll be too much of a stigma attached by too many fans -- even today. However, until someone actually outs himself, let's not start guessing.