Posted on 07/20/2020 10:53:45 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Major League Baseball and players have been in conversation about how to incorporate social justice elements into the sport, according to league and player sources, with the most recent conversation scheduled for Sunday.
It's unclear what form the elements will take, whether it be some kind of logo placed on uniforms or something shared and fronted by players.
Since the killing of George Floyd on May 25, many of the sport's players and teams have joined the national conversation about social justice. Andrew McCutchen, the Philadelphia Phillies' veteran, was among athletes and coaches who shared a byline and thoughts in a USA Today editorial in early June.
Los Angeles Dodgers players recently held a Zoom call led by Clayton Kershaw to talk about racial injustice, and their discussion resulted in a video released last week in support of Black Lives Matter.
Baseball mostly did not participate in the social justice conversation in sports after NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to kneel during the national anthem in 2016. Bruce Maxwell, a catcher with the Oakland Athletics, kneeled during the anthem in 2017, but he has since said that he felt unsupported by peers and by those in the sport.
Baseball has rarely tackled issues of racial inequality with industry-wide uniformity. Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, but a full 12 years would pass before the Boston Red Sox became the last team to sign its first Black player, Pumpsie Green.
At the 1972 World Series, Robinson called for the hiring of the first Black manager in the major leagues, something that didn't happen until 1975 when Frank Robinson took over the Cleveland Indians.
Only black players are allowed to score runs.
Roger that. Including “motor” sports.
Liberals ruin and destroy anything they touch. Who watches ESPN anyway?
Ditto that..pretty much.
I even gave up on the 5AM Korean baseball games.
The games were fine, but I could not stand the increasingly woke commentary of the ESPN announcing crews.
Who has cable anyway? I don't. I'm not sending my money to ComCrap to work against my interests.
Take the #42 off of every jersey if that is what they are going to do.
MLB already supports blacks.
You know what Americas pastime was missing? Cultural Marxism.
I dunno. Maybe slash ticket and concessions prices so low and moderate income dads can afford to bring their kids to the game?
Black players of African American descent get four strikes and three balls.
Of course, that is a very low percentage of MLB players.
It’s all about online betting.
What’s the over/under on how many games are played before Clint Frazier passes out on the field running in his mask in the 90 degree heat?
If they really cared they would donate their salaries.
Batters of color when facing a white devil pitcher will be given 1 extra strike and 1 fewer ball, and the strike zone will be shrunk. White umpires are not allowed to call players of color out
You definitely missed the Dodgers versus D-Backs last night. Cody Bellinger had 3 hits. The first hit was a grand slam.
They are too insulated and stupid to see how damaged the NFL is?
maybe they can discuss how not to lose me as a possible returning fan.
or not.
Damn the media for cramming this garbage down our throats.
What, will they only put 8 men on the field against black batters?
Maybe they could let POC in for free and charge melanin-challenged fans double. Its only fair.
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