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Baseball coach abuses San Francisco fans

Sun 1 May 2011 In: International News

Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell is on administrative leave A Major League baseball coach has been placed on leave after he unleashed homophobic abuse on a rival team's fans. Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell is accused of yelling to three male fans sitting in the left field seats at ATT Park during a game against the San Francisco Giants: “Are you a homo couple or a threesome?” He used a bat to simulate gay sex and then asked, “Are you three giving it to each other in the ass?” A man who was at the game with his nine-year-old twin daughters, told McDowell to watch his language in front of children, to which he says the pitching coach replied, “Kids don't fucking belong at the baseball park.” McDowell has apologised for responding to the heckling fans, but the Gay   

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff

First published: Sunday, 1st May 2011 - 1:43pm

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