Billy Bean?

Question:A year or so ago i bought i book by Billy Bean, a gay outfielder for the tigers and padres. I always thought Bill BeanE was that guy. I just found that he isn't. Did anyone else mistake them? And anyone know who Billy Bean is?

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Batting Cages in NJ?

You got them reversed.

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Please, why is a fowl ball not counted in a pitchers ball count ?:?

I vaguely remember him with the Padres in the 90's...

edit: not a spectacular player, by the looks of the career stats

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Heart of the Hide or Gold Glove?

I was also confused, but a long time ago, Billy Bean (No "E") came up through the Tigers organization, he is the gay one (not that there is anything wrong with that). Billy Beane was a hot prospect for the Mets in the 80s, but didn't quite pan out as a player, but seems to have found his niche as a GM.

I saw a story about Billy Bean, a few years ago on ESPN, and also checked out his book in the bookstore. He was married to a really beautiful woman, but I guess he just wasn't happy. I also saw that several major leaguers, like Brad Ausmus, were in his wedding.

Hey, Kwilfort, I see you ripped off Wikipedia word-for-word. Nice! You are supposed to list your source when you do that. Brilliant!

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Is it rare if I throw left handed and bat left handed?

William Daro "Billy" Bean (born May 11, 1964 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball player who made news in 1999 when he made his homosexuality public.

Bean was an outfielder with 487 at bats with a .226 batting average in a career that lasted from 1987 through 1995: Detroit Tigers 1987-89, Los Angeles Dodgers 1989, San Diego Padres 1993-95. Bean joined the Detroit Tigers in 1987 tying an MLB record with four hits in his first major league game.

After acknowledging that he is gay, Bean went on to write a book, "Going the Other Way: Lessons from a life in and out of Major League Baseball".

Bean is only the second former major league player to reveal his homosexuality; the late Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke is the only other ex-player to have acknowledged his homosexuality.

He is also a current panelist on GSN's I've Got A Secret revival, and a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation.

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Did Millsaps baseball get a bid to the division Three playoffs?

no

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