By AJC | Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 08:10 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Upset over the lack of African-Americans on the Braves roster, members of Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow-PUSH Coalition met with team officials Monday.
Less than 10 percent of major league players are African-Americans. The Braves have one African-American player, left fielder Willie Harris. “You go to where the talent leads you,” Braves GM John Schuerholz said. “Finding major league-caliber baseball players is far too difficult if you try to narrow your criteria down to demographics.”
Joe Beasley of Rainbow-PUSH said, “If they put resources into recruiting here in the United States, and more specifically here in Atlanta, there are talented players here.”
How do you feel about this issue? What should the Braves do?
Wow, does Jessie Jackson have nothing better to do? This guy does nothing but promote racism, and make things more troublesome. Get this...LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS ARE AFRICAN-AMERICANS. I agree with Scheurholz, you get the best talent out there regardless of their race. As if the Braves roster doesn't have any diversity.
Here are some of the countries where our players are from,
U.S.
Australia
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Canada
Colombia
Curacao
Panama
Venezuela
Cuba
This is like complaining about the lack of Latin Americans or White people in the NBA...Get over it, that is how it is.
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