The fantastic blog A GAY ATHLETE’S LIFE (http://clubhousecloset.blogspot.com/) will continue, despite the author’s post a few months back that he is retiring from his day job due to injuries. The blog was started back in 2005 by a closeted professional baseball player, who (writing under the name “Slugger”) uses it as an outlet to discuss what it’s like to be a queer sports star, the pressure he feels to be a trailblazer by coming out (“I am not the gay Jackie Robinson”) and even just as a way to kill time on the road (men are frequently asking him on dates and sending him revealing pictures — which he posts!) and tell great stories (like the one about the 5′ 10″ blonde “Slump Buster” he balled to turn his shitty season around).

Slugger probably won’t be swinging his bat anymore (“I’m staying in baseball. In what capacity I am keeping private”) but he will continue posting his blog — definitely worth a read.