[Major League Baseball]
Yahoo: Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with ”Black Lives Matter” or ”United For Change” on a jersey sleeve on opening day…”
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Major League Baseball
Preston Wilson: MLB Late in Speaking Out on Social Justice
[Preston Wilson]
Sports Illustrated: “Nine days after police officers in Minneapolis killed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement overtook the headlines, Major League Baseball became the last major U.S. professional sports organization to speak out.”
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Will “Nashville Stars” Become Baseball First Black-Owned Team?
[Major League Baseball\Nashville Stars]
USA TODAY: “They also hope to become the first team in baseball history to have African-American majority ownership, and only the second in all of major sports, joining the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, owned by Michael Jordan.”
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MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN CLAY: CURT FLOOD BELONGS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
[Baseball Hall of Fame\Curt Flood]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Flood’s courageous challenge to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Reserve Clause, which helped create free agency within professional baseball and transformed professional sports.
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ WILL HOST ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE & CULTURE CELEBRATION
[New York News\ Bronx]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosts his annual Puerto Rican Heritage Month Celebration at the Shanghai Red Restaurant at 127 Westchester Square.
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ PLEASED YANKEES WILL ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE SELLING ITS MERCHANDISE
[New York News\ Sports & Business]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: “As one of the richest sports franchises in the world, it was incumbent on the Yankees to do what was right and protect this small business community that almost exclusively caters to their fan base.”
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NEGRO LEAGUES MUSEUM FOUNDER BUCK O’NEIL WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH 108 BIRTHDAY BASH
[Sports\Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Founder]
The legendary Buck O’Neil founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 1990 and served as its Chairman for 16 years. Oneil was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League.
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