Former West Covina South Hills High baseball player David Denson this past weekend made history by becoming the first active player affiliated with a Major League Baseball organization to come out and tell the world he is gay.
Denson, 20, graduated from South Hills in 2013. A first baseman, he plays for the Milwaukee Brewers’ rookie-league team in Helena, Mont.
Although the subject of coming out remains taboo for many, there appears to be some progression.
“I didn’t hear about it, but it seems like it’s getting easier and easier for guys,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Sunday.