With Hazing Accusations Defused, Culture Questions Remain

The St. Louis Cardinals returned home on Friday from a nine-game road trip, and awaiting them at Busch Stadium were a series of questions about clubhouse culture that were spurred by a recent report.

Locked On Cardinals

Tyler Dunnington: 'It Would Have Been OK To Be An Openly Gay Baseball Player'

When pitcher and 28th-round draft pick Tyler Dunnington decided to leave baseball behind, he sent the Cardinals an email to alert them, suggesting student loans and debt as the drivers behind his sudden retirement. He quickly received phone calls from minor-league coordinators and other officials to ask if he needed help, someone to talk to first, anything to inform his choice.

Bird Land

Cardinals Look To Options But Stick With Mike Leake; Pride Night; Kevin Siegrist Starts Rehab; Lou Brock Has Back Surgery

As had been earlier reported, veteran righthander Mike Leake will make his scheduled start for the Cardinals on Saturday night here against Tampa Bay. How many more he might make after that still could be in question.

Post-Dispatch

Billy Bean Pleased With Cardinals' First Pride Night

Billy Bean, who has served as Major League Baseball's Ambassador for Inclusion since 2014, was on hand Friday to support the Cardinals' first Pride Night at Busch Stadium.
St. Louis Official Site

To be fair, there have been a few theme nights over the years that have worked their way into the conversation either in the clubhouse or media scrums in the dugout–asking players or coaches who their favorite Star Wars character is, etc.
STL Baseball Weekly

Tyler Dunnington Invited As Special Guest To John Mozeliak For Pride Night

Derrick Goold Twitter

The Cardinals Are Hosting A Superficial, Injurious Pride Night

The St. Louis Cardinals are attempting to save a PR nightmare by hosting a Pride Night while continuing to support bigotry.

Beyond The Boxscore

Lance Berkman's 'Christian Day' Plans With Cardinals Blasted By LGBT Community

The St. Louis Cardinals have drawn ire from several LGBT voices for embracing former player Lance Berkman and allowing him to speak July 30 at Busch Stadium for the team’s “Christian Day.”

KSDK

Cardinals Planning Pride Night At Busch Stadium; Randal Grichuk To Triple-A Memphis, Kolten Wong OK: Cardinals Launch Whitey Herzog's 'Rat Pack'; Extra Bases

A season after a gay minor-league pitcher in the Cardinals’ organization alerted Major League Baseball that he retired from the game because of hostile and homophobic attitudes he experienced in the clubhouse, the Cardinals have looked to establish an inclusive tone internally.

Post-Dispatch

All Signs Point To Yadier Molina Starting Opener; Ruben Tejada's Homecoming; More Work For Seth Maness; Tyler Dunnington Update; Tim Cooney Update

He declined the chance to make a formal announcement, but Cardinals manager Mike Matheny made it sound all but certain catcher Yadier Molina will make his 12th consecutive opening day start come April 3.

Post-Disaptch

Cardinals' Leaders Set Tone On Kids At Work

As the Adam LaRoche saga continued to crash down on the Chicago White Sox on Friday afternoon, one could depart the Roger Dean Stadium press box and find Matt Holliday’s boys playing catch just a soft toss from the clubhouse door.

BenFred

John Mozeliak Responds To Tyler Dunnington's Comments

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak responded to comments by former Minor Leaguer Tyler Dunnington, who told Outsports.com that he quit baseball after the 2014 season due to homophobic conversations that made him uncomfortable in the clubhouse.

St. Louis Official Site

Tyler Dunnington's Story Is Truly Tragic

In a perfect world, gay athletes would be accepted naturally in locker rooms and clubhouses across the world. It just wouldn't matter. A man or woman's sexual orientation has nothing to do with their work on a playing field, so the transition from field to behind the scenes would be seamless. Right? Since the world is far from perfect, the answer is no.

KSDK

Daily Bernie 3-17-16: Cardinals 2016 Hero, Homophobia Allegations

Thursday held lots of baseball talk on The Bernie Miklasz Show with the host wondering what Cardinal will come from nowhere to lead the team this season.

101 ESPN

Gays In The Clubhouse: Play Ball, Not God

For two reasons, no one should be surprised to learn that former Cardinals’ minor-league pitcher Tyler Dunnington overheard teammates saying horrible things about gays. He is gay. And he opted to quit rather than stay in baseball and continue being subjected to hateful speech.

101 ESPN

Greg Amsinger Predicts Cubs Win NL Central, Says Matt Holliday Cardinals' Biggest Question Mark On The Morning After 3-17-16

MLB Network Anchor and St. Louis native Greg Amsinger joined The Ryan Kelley Morning After on Thursday to discuss a number of topics surrounding the Cardinals and the rest of the Majors.

Inside STL

Minor League Baseball Offers Encouragement To Tyler Dunnington

Tyler Dunnington came out as gay and revealed in an email to Outsports, published on Wednesday, that his decision to retire from professional baseball after one season was fueled by homophobic and violent remarks he heard teammates and coaches make during his time as a college player and in the pros.

MiLB Official Site

John Mozeliak Will Investigate Tyler Dunnington's Accusations

Jenifer Langosch Twitter

The allegations that a hostile clubhouse environment created by homophobic conversations with his Cardinals teammates drove a gay minor-league pitcher to abandon baseball are being taken “very seriously” by the club and Major League Baseball, officials said.
Post-Dispatch

A former St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguer says he quit the game because of the homophobic atmosphere he experienced.
KMOX

St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak tells NewsChannel 5 On Your Side Sports, the team is taking new allegations by a former player very seriously.
KSDK

Tyler Dunnington Quit Baseball When Teammates Said Gays Should Be Killed

Tyler Dunnington wants to get back into baseball after spending one season in the Minor Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. He quit in 2015 after hearing a coach and teammates talk about killing gay people.

Outsports

Tyler Dunnington Retires

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State College Beat Williamsport 5-1: Luis Cruz Singles Twice, Homers, & Drives In Four Runs; Danny Diekroeger Collects Two Singles, One Triple, & One RBI; Tyler Dunnington Strikes Out Three Over Three Scoreless Inning For The Win

Individual Highlights:
Darren Seferina 1-for-4 with one run, one walk, one stolen base, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Danny Diekroeger 3-for-5 with one double, one two-out RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Alex DeLeon 3-for-5 with one run, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Brett Wiley 2-for-5 with two doubles, one run, and two strikeouts.
Luis Cruz 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBIs (one w/two-outs), one run, one strikeout, and allowed one stolen base.
Trey Nielsen started and pitched five innings.  He allowed three hits, one earned run, one home run, one walk,committed one thrrowing error, and struck seven out.  (g/f:4-2)
Tyler Dunnington entered in the sixth and pitched three innings.  He allowed two hits, no runs, one walk, and struck three out for the winning decision (1-0).  (g/f:2-3)
Kevin Alexander entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck three out.

Rough Outing:
Chase Raffield 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Collin Radack 0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.

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