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In Push for More Black US Players, MLB Hopes Results Are on the Horizon
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Baseball's racial disparity continues, from Little League to the majors
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Baseball's Race Problem
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Play ball? African Americans interest in baseball wanes
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The long decline – and possible revival – of the African American baseball star, Baseball
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All-Star nod is good for Byron Buxton, and for baseball's pursuit of Black players
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This is why baseball is so white - Vox
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The declining number of black baseball players is a huge problem - Over the Monster
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Bill Bruton's Fight for the Full Integration of Baseball - AAIHS
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Top 100 MLB players of all time -- Nos. 50-26 - ESPN
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MLB Opening Day: Why is baseball no longer America's Game?
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67 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Major League Baseball looks very different