A post shared by Solomon Bates (@solomonbates) Solomon Bates, a Minor League Baseball player, has revealed publicly that he is gay.Bates, 25, played within the San Francisco Giants system.
His latest team was the Richmond Flying Squirrels. His most recent game was last Friday. However, he took to Instagram this week to announce he had been released, and to reveal his sexuality.“Being gay in this sport you don’t know what comes at you!” he said, alongside images of his 2022 stats and photos of him in action.“I thank the giants for giving me the opportunity to be myself and go out there and play the game that I love the most.
I’m still in shock on what just happened. But I’m not giving up on what I want to do. I’m still going to open up doors for gay athletes like me.
Still will strive to be one of the greatest to do it.”He continued, “I ended on a high note from getting hurt to going out there and pitching my ass off.