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Gosh, some people are stupid...

In an interview, Major League umpire Dale Scott recently revealed that he's gay. Scott didn't make a big deal about this, as he's been with his partner for 28 years, and said the following on the matter: "I am extremely grateful that Major League Baseball has always judged me on my work and nothing else. ... Obviously, when I sent that picture (to the magazine, of he and his partner), I knew exactly what it meant. In a small way, this was opening that door in a publication that wasn't going to be circulated nationwide. It could be picked up, but it's not Time magazine. I made that decision to go ahead and do it because I felt it was the right thing to do. I realized that it could open a Pandora's Box, but this is not a surprise to Major League Baseball, the people I work for. It's not a surprise to the umpire staff." Commissioner Bud Selig responded to the interview with the following statement: "For 29 years, Dale Scott has been an ou...