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Dive into the remarkable life and legacy of Billy Bean, the only openly gay Major League Baseball player alive today and one of sports' most courageous advocates for inclusion. This podcast delivers a comprehensive biography of Bean, from his standout days as valedictorian and multi-sport star at Santa Ana High School in California to his All-America honors at Loyola Marymount University and his journey through the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres. Explore how Bean navigated the challenges of professional baseball from 1987 to 1995, what drove ...

Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his profession, working in every Major League Baseball stadium, and interacting with dozens of other top-flight umpires, colorful managers, and hundreds of players. What makes Scott's book truly different is his unique perspective as the only umpire in the history of professional baseball to come out as gay during his career.