Blacks disappearing from baseball

“Nearly 60 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, U.S.-born blacks are disappearing from the game - and the stands. The St. Louis Cardinals reflect the national trend, with no blacks on their major league roster and almost none in their farm system.

Blacks make up 8 percent of major league rosters - less than half the 17.25 percent of 1959, the first year every team was integrated. Three decades ago, blacks made up nearly 30 percent of major league rosters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday.”

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