Thursday, November 11, 2010

No Diversity in Baseball?


In a recent New York Times video, Diversity in baseball was questioned. Now we aren't talking about players in Major League Baseball (MLB) because the players in this league come from all over the world making it one of the most diverse pro sports leagues. In this video they are talking about it's coaches. This reporter has said 66% of it's first base coaches are minorities and only 20% of it's third base coaches are minorities. This is a problem because 1/3 of the managers (Head Coach) in the MLB were third base coaches before they took that next step to become the head coach. Ten out of the thirty managers were third base coaches. Looking into this, it is a bit of an issue, but there are many managers in the MLB who come from different backgrounds. I would like to see more diversity in third base coaches because that is the "stepping stone" to become a manager in the MLB. For more information and the video Click Here

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