I know what it’s for. I know it’s to honor when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. I was watching when they first retired his jersey (although the baseball historian in me wonders why Moses Fleetwood Walker is never mentioned). I’m not sure what can be done to increase those numbers. I know they have the RBI program, but American black kids are more drawn to basketball and football. I played baseball for years and I was usually the only black kid or one of two black kids on the team. I’ve seen articles acting as if the MLB is stopping blacks from playing. Usually around Jackie Robinson day is when I read articles talking about the decline in American blacks in the game or the kind blaming baseball for it

I know what it’s for. I know it’s to honor when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. I was watching when they first retired his jersey (although the baseball historian in me wonders why Moses Fleetwood Walker is never mentioned). I’m not sure what can be done to increase those numbers. I know they have the RBI program, but American black kids are more drawn to basketball and football. I played baseball for years and I was usually the only black kid or one of two black kids on the team. I’ve seen articles acting as if the MLB is stopping blacks from playing