Minor league baseball player David Denson says that one of his Helena Brewers teammates jokingly called him a gay epithet last month.
The former South Hills High standout had a good-natured response. “Be careful what you say," he said, "you never know.”
Over the weekend, Denson became the first player affiliated with a Major League Baseball team to come out as gay during his playing career. According to Denson, he told his teammates first and they told him: "You’re still our teammate.