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THE BIRTH OF GAY SPONSORED SOFTBALL 1977 © J. Pritikin
"Sun" day afternoon at a gay softball game at Lang Field S.F.

Back in the early 70's, a few guys got together and created the (gay) Community Softball League, the first gay sponsored league in the country. Today there are over 40 cities with gay sports associations.

I got Mayor Moscone to throw out the first pitch of the season before 2,000 fans at Lang Field.

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Mayor George Moscone pitches the first ball of the 1978 season © 1978 J. Pritikin


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