finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1996 right grand rapids , michigan 1990 september 29 12 -- 7 3.65 168 pitcher san francisco giants win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts august 24 3 january 1964 mark dewey
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mark dewey

mark alan dewey -lrb- born january 3 , 1965 in grand rapids , michigan -rrb- is a former major league baseball player .
he is currently a pitching coach for the brevard county manatees , located in viera , fl .
the manatees are the class a-advanced -lrb- high-a -rrb- minor league baseball affiliate of the milwaukee brewers .
his prior coaching experience was with the washington wild things , an independent professional baseball team in the frontier league , and at emory & henry college in southwestern virginia .
dewey was involved in a notable controversy on july 28 , 1996 , when he refused to participate with his teammates in a pregame ceremony intended to support research of a cure for aids .
as part of `` until there 's a cure day '' , members of the giants wore aids awareness ribbons on their uniforms and stood in a group shaped like that symbol during speeches by peter magowan and willie brown .
dewey refused to take the field for the ceremony , and he wore his ribbon sideways -lrb- which would have resembled the jesus fish symbol -rrb- .
he cited religious reasons for his refusal , voicing the belief that homosexuality is a sin .
