MLB Black Player % Drops

News sources are reporting that the baseball fan at a Colorado Rockies game accused of repeatedly yelling the N-word to a Black player was instead actually shouting out the name of the team mascot.

NEW YORK — The percentage of black players in the major leagues dropped again on Opening Day this year even as the sport again received a top overall grade for racial diversity. Baseball’s grade for gender hiring declined slightly, according to the annual study released Thursday by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in […]