Lets begin with some numbers, just so everybody can comprehend the magnitude of what took place in baseball on Wednesday night:
One. Thats the variety of Black players on the Milwaukee Brewers lineup, following center fielder Lorenzo Cains decision to pull out previously this season.
7.8. Thats the percentage of Black players who were on Opening Day rosters in all of Major League Baseball, according to USA Today.
17. Thats how old star Brewers reliever Josh Hader was when he sent out racist and other offensive tweets, the revelation of which left him embarrassed and regretful at the 2018 All-Star Game.
Hader is now 26. And on Wednesday night, even before the Brewers became the first MLB team to decide against playing their arranged video game in demonstration of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wis., he spoke eloquently about the moment at hand.
“Its something weve been talking …
Rosenthal: Baseball players, too, are starting to rise up and use their power – The Athletic
