PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets will hold their first official LGBT-themed Pride Night this season, which they are touting as the first ever hosted by a major sports franchise in New York. The date will be announced at a news conference Tuesday at Queens Borough Hall featuring team officials, local politicians and LGBT Network CEO David Kilmnick.
This comes a year after Mets GM Sandy Alderson invited former major leaguer Billy Beane, now Major League Baseball's VP, Social Responsibility & Inclusion, to participate on-field in the Mets spring training camp. At the time Alderson said it was important to him that the organization be proactive in baseball's project to be more inclusive and welcoming to the LBGT community.