Author: Al Campanis Offered Gay Dodger $75,000 to Marry a Woman
New biography includes the story of the GM's implied threat to Glenn Burke's career.
As a fan of a certain age, I remember Glenn Burke the player from his Dodgers days in the late 1970s. I’d read stories over the years about Burke the man, and about his being a gay player in a sport that wasn’t as inclusive as it is now. Not that it’s all that evolved now.
While searching for new baseball books to cover for …