Buckley: It isnt about whether Thom Brennaman is fired. I just want him to evolve – The Athletic

The line forms at the door for the hundreds and thousands of annoyed citizens– I think its millions, really– who are requiring that Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman be fired for the on-air anti-gay slur he provided Wednesday night.
Well get to that in a minute. Let me tell you about what it was like to come out as gay– Jan. 6, 2011– and about the encouraging text messages from the likes of Red Sox manager Terry Francona and infielders Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia. And that was before breakfast.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft called. Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck sent out an e-mail. Bobby Orr called. Twice.
It took a full year, but Raymond Bourque pulled me aside at the Garden to tell me he had actually read the coming-out column I wrote in the Boston Herald. That he had not discussed it before, he said, was because, “I have not seen you in a while.”
And after that there was David Ortiz, …