LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The St. Louis Cardinals said they are taking allegations of a former pitcher in their organization who says he quit baseball because of anti-gay comments "very seriously."
Tyler Dunnington, who is gay, told Outsports.com, he did not come out of the closet while he was pitching for the Cardinals in rookie and Class A baseball in 2014, but eventually left baseball after overhearing derogatory comments from teammates.
"I was also one of the unfortunate closeted gay athletes who experienced years of homophobia in the sport I loved," Dunnington wrote in an email to the Web site.