Zach Warden

If I'm not chirping them the whole time, then...

Like, I'm 42 years old, and I'm going into a locker room saying 6'7".

Like, I'm, you know.

The Zoomers are going to be so pumped.

Well, we have a massive queer community in Toronto.

Huge.

And a lot of Blue Jays fans within it.

Like, tonight's going to be packed of LGBTQ plus people in that stadium, you know?

Like, I'm of a mixed mind with Pride nights.

Sometimes I go, it's like having the parade before winning the championship.

You know, like you're celebrating something and we haven't necessarily done the work in terms of locker room cultures where, to your point earlier, there isn't one out gay player or bisexual player in the majors.

Statistically speaking, over Gen Z's identifies LGBTQ plus at over 20% in North America.

the odds are there are queer players in the league.

So a lot of the times, I'm not necessarily a fan of these nights, but I do think it's good for fans.

It shows them that they can come.

I would like it that they feel safe coming year-round or to every, you know, 81 games.

But I also think with the Jays, they're in a unique situation where they've shown that they are intolerant of homophobia as an organization.

Mark and Ross have...

you know, stepped up with the bath stuff and different things.

And I think that sends a message to the community that we welcome you and you're safe here and we're not going to tolerate that and potentially to the locker room.