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D.C. & Capitol Hill Politics Intertwines Major League Baseballl Ownership

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Instead of making it appear as though MLB is doing something to re-introduce baseball to black America by changing the color in the boardroom, they need to start from the ground up, rather than from the top down. That starts by promoting more black coaches to managers from the minor leagues on up to the Major Leagues. As it has proven over the past decade, MLB has vastly increased its dedication to recruiting players from Latin America and more recently the Far East.

But if MLB expects to continue to be referred to as America's Pastime, it will need to do a far better job of recruiting right here at home, where there still remain a ton of great athletes from the black community. But they will not find them on Capitol Hill or in ivory towers, but rather in their very own backyards.

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