sean conroy pitches a-0 shut out against the admirals. he is openly gay a first for professional baseball. >> if you can play you can play it does not matter your sexual orientation, whatever...if you want something, do it. >> his teammates idea to wear something special to honor ride and they could not be more proud. goal let pitcher hopes the message reaches beyond the bay area. >> anyone can play this game does not discriminate. it is a fair game. >> the fans love the game and the message. >> i am out pitcher starting it is phenomenal. it does not happen. it is cool to see it. i am limited it is if my community and i could be part of it. >> the game may have served as a platform for gay rights but conroy served up a big win. >> he is here because he can pitch and he deserved a chance to pitch proxly. he can get guys out. >> winning team making history. >> happening today madam treassue will unveil the star of "orange is the new black," is honored to be part of the legacy and no word who will be on hand for the celebration. >> less chan

sean conroy said it has nothing to do with what goes open between the white line. >> sexual orientation. if you want something do it. >> cop provide pitched a shut out and the impressive performance came on pride night at ball part and team members came up with the idea, look, they wore rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> yes they d. >> imagine getting paid to relax. >> for some employees it is a reality with an >> coming up, continuing coverage of the historic marriage ruling from the united states supreme court we go to san francisco to the south bay as celebrations are underway to talk about the landmark ruling at 4:00 and 5:00. >> denver technical c.e.o. wants emmy hes to take vacation son he is give them $7,50020 do it on top of the standard 15 days paid vacation. >> there are three rules: no checking work e-mail, text or calls. no working, period. and you actually have to go on vacation. if you done go on vacation and try to use the money for home improvement or whatever you have to give it back. >> according to the "san francisco chronicle" the company introduced paid-paid vacation

history last night in sonoma becoming the first pro baseball player to come out as gay. 23-year-old sean conroy pitched a three hit complete game shutout for the sonoma stompers. and his teammates congratulated him after that victory. what's more the right-hander was making his first start for that team. >>> kpix 5 is hosting a call to action telethon to benefit bay area domestic violence groups right now. here's a live look at the phone bank. in a bit we'll check in with roberta gonzales on today's fundraising. female announcer: time is running out to get the hottest deal on a new mattress. sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon! right now at sleep train save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and serta icomfort. big savings and interest-free financing? these deals aren't just hot, they're explosive! sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> all day kpix 5 has been hosting a telethon to raise money for domestic violence groups in the bay area. >> your ge

sean conroy came out to his parents when he was 16. he's been open ever since, but not with his team until recently. last night, he had his first start since that moment for the sonoma stompers. the team celebrated pride night, the players wore rainbow socks to support them. >> if you can play you can play. it doesn't matter the sexual orientation. if you love something, do it. >> we carry more about your batting average. >> and mlb has confirmed that conroy is the first openly gale active pro baseball player. >> teammates just going, just win. >>> kari hall has been watching the forecast. we know there are a lot of -- including the pride celebration in san francisco. a little more comfortable than we've seen the last couple days. >> especially this weekend, but it's already starting to heat up as we go into the afternoon. right now it's 85 degrees in the east bay peninsula 74 degrees, san francisco at 69. 81 in the north bay, and expect it to top out at 90 for the north bay, while san francisco makes it up to 72. you can see that suns

. >> reporter: sean conroy became the first openly gay active pro baseball player.g pitcher but earned a starting spot and recently came out to his team. >> he was accepted immediately because he is a very good pitcher. he's a great guy. >> reporter: the stompers are not affiliated with major league baseball but are a professional independent team. tonight was gay pride night. players wore rainbow socks for sean. >> i love all the support. you have to think in this day and age that a lot of people are going to be supportive but you never know. just having all the fans here and having pride night, it was just amazing. >> reporter: in the end, a complete game shutout, 11 strikeouts on 140 pitches, he won the game and won many hearts. it may look like a small baseball game, but tonight's message was anything but small rvelgs. >> if you can play, you can play. doesn't matter your sexual or orientation orientation. if you love something do it. >> nice story. and rick welts tweeted he's proud to share this moment with several athletes. wambach wambach's team defeated chin

gay pro baseball player made the start for the snow may stompers a minor like baseball key and sean conroynothing to do with what goes on define the white lines. >> if you can play you can play no matter sexual orientation. if you want something, do it. >> he can play. conroy pitched a shut out. the impressive performance was on pride night and team members had this idea wearing rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> they had to play in the heat yesterday, too. >> not so bad if you are going to either game i will show you the forecast and both teams are in town this weekend. good morning everyone, we will look at the winds 18 miles per hour at fairly and 12 at sfo and the clouds though are bringing in, with the winds picking up this afternoon from 2:00 until 8:00 this evening north of the bay bridge through the delta and it will be brick for the ferry ride or if you take the boat on the bay it could be choppy the beautiful weather is going to develop to me, thunderstorms are beautiful but it will be potentially dangerous, too. with lightning possibly sparking some fires so there is a red flag w

ground last night in sonoma becoming the first pro baseball player to come out as gay. 23-year-old sean conroyee hit complete game shutdown for the sonoma stompers. the right-hander was making his first start for that team and his teammates congratulated him after the victory. the stompers general manager said conroy was very eager to be identified as the first openly gay player. >>> time now 6:40. california firefighters are encountering a new kind of danger on the front lines. the close call that almost ended in disaster. >> i'm kiet do live in mountain view where google's latest fleet of self-driving cars hit the streets this week. we have a live >>> time for a look at what's coming up on cbs this morning. norah o'donnell joins us from new york. >> reporter: good morning. we are following some major breaking news. there appear to be at least different terrorist attacks in tunisia and france this morning so we are going to bring in our terrorism analyst. plus also john blackstone flies on a training mission to find out how the california drought is making firefighting more difficult. dr. hol

young pitcher in sonoma became the first pro player in the sport to come out as gay. 23-year-old sean conroyhree hit complete game shutout for the stompers. the right-hander was making his first start tort team and his teammates congratulated him after the victory. the stompers general manager said conroy was eveninger to be identified as the first onlily gay player. >>> good morning. the warriors need help like google and if you did a search at their top pick in this morning,'s draft this is what you find. >> the golden state warriors select devon looney. >> reporter: they selected the 6-time power forward to was on the pac-12 all freshman team averaging over 11 points and nine rebounds a game. he was expected to go higher so he had to wait before hearing his name called. >> it was nerve-racking. i got a little stiff and sore sit there is a long time a long wait. you don't know what he is going to happen. you have one of the opportunities to learn from the best organization in the league. >> the giants had a run scoring appetite yesterday. good thing because the padres were hungry, too. bot

sean conroy wore rainbow colored socks to mark the event. the crowd seemed more impressed with his performance over his pioneering efforts as he led the minor league team to a victory. >> it doesn't matter your sexual orientation, whatever, just if you love something, do it. >> he was recruited out of college in may. he shared his sexual orientation with teammates and management before coming out for gay pride night. >> coming up, live from doha, one person was decapitate as a gas factory in france. the suspect there is under arrest. >> there was an attack at a mosque in kuwait. 27 people were killed near capital of tunisia. the latest on all three deadly attacks just ahead. thanks for watching. a soledad o'brien special report only on al jazeera america >> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> hello welcome to the news hour live from doha. an at

. >> reporter: what makes this all the more painful sharon conroy lost her only son to violence, sean the starbucks manager was randomly attacked and killed in a subway concourse by five simon gratz high school students. >> this is my way of honoring my brother and hopefully catching his killer. >> reporter: through the citizens crime commission, the family is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. if you know anything, anything at all call the crime commission 215-546-tips. the in upper chichester, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the phillies are in the market for a new manager ryan sandberg abruptly resign yesterday camping nearly everyone off guard including the front office, annie mccormick has reaction from fans. >> reporter: this is a shock to so many people, ryan sandberg said he's been thinking about this for several weeks and came to the decision on his own. >> this afternoon i was shocked. >> i said i'm going to the phillies game, they said he they will be playing without a manager. i said is he sick. >> reporter: