Country Music Artist, Out Professional Baseball Player Bryan Ruby New Single ”Left Field” Available June 8th, 2022.

Posted by BK on June 5, 2022 in Arts, Music, Showcase | Leave a comment

Safety is key in our world and our LGBTQ+ friends and family don’t always have that luxury. Let me introduce you to Country Music Artist and the only Out Professional Baseball Player, as well as the subject of an upcoming documentary – Bryan Ruby. Bryan first started to realize he was different at 14 years old, and was forced to hide who he was by a society that attacks those they consider other.

He found refuge in two very different yet core parts of his identity – as a professional baseball player, a member of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, and he’s a country music songwriter, having written two songs that reached the charts, plus countless ballads in his notebook and on June 8^th, of this year he will release his first single “Left Field.”

In September of 2021 he became the only active professional baseball player to come out as gay, and his story was featured in USA Today as well as 100+ media outlets around the world including CBS, Yahoo, Bleacher Report and Teen Vogue.

As a songwriter, Bryan has penned songs that have appeared on the Texas Country Top 50 chart and the iTunes Country Top 25 (#16), and songs he has written have been featured on both Huffington Post and People Magazine. As an artist, he won Season 7 of the talent-search competition Nashville Rising Song, and is preparing for the release of his debut EP in 2022.

What’s most important to Bryan, who has found himself torn between the worlds of baseball and country music, is to help others and be of service to those still accepting themselves. Which is why he founded his first-of-its kind charity, Proud To Be In Baseball, which supports and encourages LGBTQ+ youth in the sport.

Bryan is an out gay man, the only active professional baseball player at any level to be publicly out. He will be in Los Angeles prior to the single’s June 8^th launch for a number of events, and is happy to make himself available to honor and support his LGBTQ+ community timed to Pride weekend —beginning this Thursday, June 2^nd with a charity fundraiser with the Matthew Shepherd Foundation, on Friday, June 3^rd for Dodger Pride Night and Sunday, June 5^th with a show at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles ahead of the single release party in Nashville on June 9^th. Bryan is also available in New York (dependent on timing) and in his home base of Nashville. **Private Single Link available to listen to in advance.** We greatly appreciate your coverage consideration.

Here is a link to Pre-Save of Bryan Ruby’s Debut Single “Left Field.”  out June 8^th, 2022 that can be shared in press: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bryanruby/left-field

“Baseball and country music are woven into the fabric of America; I just want to make sure that anyone who loves them like I do feels safe and welcome there.”   — Bryan Ruby

About Bryan Ruby

Bryan Ruby is a trailblazing professional baseball player and rising country music artist based in Nashville, Tennessee. In September of 2021 he became the only active professional baseball player to come out as gay, and his story was featured in USA Today as well as 100+ media outlets around the world including CBS, Yahoo, Bleacher Report and Teen Vogue.

As a songwriter, Bryan has penned songs that have appeared on the Texas Country Top 50 chart and the iTunes Country Top 25 (#16), and songs he has written have been featured on both Huffington Post and People Magazine. As an artist, he won Season 7 of the talent-search competition Nashville Rising Song, and is preparing for the release of his debut EP in 2022.

Also in 2022, Bryan will be the subject of a feature-length documentary directed by award winning filmmaker Clay Westervelt (Life In The Doghouse, Miss You Can Do It), which will focus on his underdog path through the traditionalist worlds of baseball and country music. It will also chronicle the founding of his first-of-its kind charity, Proud To Be In Baseball, which supports and encourages LGBTQ youth in the sport.

A native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Bryan came up country, splitting his time between the baseball field, his family’s barbecue restaurant and the local country radio station (92.5 WXTU), where he worked as an intern. He then took his two loves to Vassar College where he studied on a vocal music scholarship and captained the baseball team to First Team All-Conference honors.

In college, Ruby won a $5,000 songwriting prize and caught the attention of NYC-based producer and sound engineer Chris Connors (John Legend, Kanye West, NEED2BREATHE). The two collaborated on several projects including commercial music for the New England Sports Network.

Bryan relocated to Nashville in 2019 and, in-between baseball seasons, has developed an impressive network of co-writers and collaborators. To date he has 15+ professional cuts and has performed the National Anthem at several major events, including for the LA Dodgers. He has worked with several major influencers in support of the Sports Equality Foundation and is becoming a respected voice in the baseball, country music, and LGBTQ+ communities.

More than anything, Bryan hopes to write music that “speaks to kids who feel like he did at 14,” when his love for baseball and country music seemed at odds with the secrets he kept hidden away.

We would like to thank Annie Jeeves,Publicist for the press release and artist profile.