Boston Red Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks and his wife, Kristi, scored at Boston Pride for the People’s Pride parade last weekend by showing their ally-ship for the LGBTQ+ community riding the Boston Red Sox’s float in the Back Bay march as thousands cheered.
Reports Outsports columnist Ken Schultz:
You don’t need me to tell you how rare it is for an active player to march at Pride. Even if they’d be inclined to show support, they’re in the middle of the grind of a 162-game season and it’d be next to impossible to make the time to do so.
Since Hendriks suddenly had more time on his hands due to unfortunate circumstances, he decided to use it to show Boston’s LGBTQ community that he wants to be a visible ally even when things aren’t going great for him on the field.
Baseball people talk all the time about the ideal relief pitcher being someone who shows up and wants the ball even after a meltdown on the mound. Someone who doesn’t disappear from the media spotlight after a bad performance.
Hendriks just showed that kind of character and did so to support LGBTQ Pride. If there’s such a thing as an ally gamer, he showed us exactly what it looks like.
While he’s had an occasional misstep along the way, Hendriks continues to show up time and again for our community. Which is why when he comes back from this latest injury, we’ll all have his back and will be rooting for him to regain his All Star form.
Read the complete Outsports story here.
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