Chicago White Sox minor-leaguer Anderson Comás 'wanted to open that door for those people that are fighting for their dreams' when deciding to come out in February.
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“I wanted to open that door for those people that are fighting for their dreams,” Comás said during a videoconference call Friday. “I feel like they cannot do it because of people’s opinions, so I wanted to share a little bit to help, to open that door and to inspire all of them to keep fighting.”“At first I didn’t think it was going to be that big, going viral in so many countries,” he said. “I was in every news , every social media. A lot of people talking about me.
“Because I talk to them more, Erin Santana and Chris Getz, they’ve been really supportive about it. My strength coach , Daniel Cobian, he’s always been supporting me too. I have a lot of support here on the team.”“I got like 1,000 messages in my IG DMs from people still in the closet, but they were happy I did that,” he said. “They were feeling better about it. They were happy to see people out there for them to feel better about themselves. It made me feel like I did a good thing.
“The decision , I think Chris Getz was the one, they asked me if I wanted to do it and I said, ‘Yeah, let’s give it a try,’” he said. “Because I’m lefty and I’m tall , I wanted to try that new thing. At first I was a little bit lost because I didn’t even know how to throw breaking balls. But now I felt like I have been progressing a lot.
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