Tampa Bay Rays joins It Gets Better Project

  

Sean Rodriguez 

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Tampa Bay Rays' manager Joe Maddon and players Johnny Damon, Sam Fuld, B.J. Upton, and Sean Rodriguez will be featured in an upcoming "It Gets Better" video to support teens dealing with anti-gay bullying, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The new video will be recorded before the team's August 23 game against the Detroit Tigers. The Rays are the ninth Major League Baseball team to commit to participating in the campaign started by Dan Savage in 2010 after a string of teen suicides were reported.

For those keeping track, four teams—San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Baltimore Orioles—have already filmed videos for the It Gets Better campaign.

Five teams—Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Tampa Bay Rays—have committed to the project.

Major League Baseball comprises 30 teams, which means nearly one third of the league supports gay people through the It Gets Better Project. Not bad, but we can still do better. Head to change.org to sign those petitions.