HOUSTON - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig touted the progress the league has made in racial hiring practices while stressing his desire to increase the number of black players.
The league received an A rating in racial hiring practices in this year’s annual report by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. But the number of black major leaguers remained low at just 8.3 percent.
“We constantly strive to find ways that would make Jackie Robinson proud of his chosen sport,” Selig said. “We have seen the work of our diversity committee to ensure that qualified minorities are interviewed and considered for important managerial and executives roles.
Sports, Pages 23 on 06/20/2013