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An annual study reviewing diversity hiring for Major League Baseball reported a record low of Black players on opening day rosters for the second straight year. Thursday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida issued an overall grade of C-plus, with a B for racial hiring and a […]

The new program aims to bring baseball and softball back to schools and communities where there has been displacement or disconnection from the game

HBCU athletics have taken on a higher profile recently in sports ranging from football and basketball to gymnastics and wrestling.

MLB’s popular RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) now has Nike as the presenting sponsor, providing the kind of muscle that will only enhance its impact and outreach globally.

Hundreds of youth baseball players from around the state got to walk the warning track, take pictures in the dugouts and play catch at the beloved Boston venue.

MLB will implement new rules this season designed to speed up the pace of the game and create more action.

The Houston Astros have announced PNC Bank as an official sponsor of the club. The multi-year agreement, which includes a new marquee PNC Bank sign in the outfield at Minute Maid Park and the establishment of PNC as the official financial literacy partner of the Astros Youth Academy.

While the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros are competing in the 2022 World Series, it becomes the first time since 1950 that there will not be a single American-born Black player on either team’s 26-person roster. “I don’t think that’s something that baseball should really be proud of.

“What hurts is that I don’t know how much hope that it gives some of the young African-American kids,” the Houston Astros manager told The Associated Press.

Phillies-Astros World Series will be the first in 72 years without any U.S.-born Black Americans on the field.