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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Prep talk: As MLB tries to increase Black players, St. John Bosco has positive news
Major League Baseball has been trying for years to increase the number of Black players participating in the sport, creating such programs as the Compton Youth Academy and the DREAM Series. There were 59 Black players on opening day MLB rosters, a slight increase from the previous year but far from the numbers in the 1980s. St. John Bosco's baseball team, which plays for a Southern Section Division 1 championship on Friday against Santa Margarita at Cal State Fullerton, offers hope for the future with five Black players in the starting lineup. "Definitely something to be proud of," center fielder Miles Clark said. Advertisement The sports of football and basketball have been taking away Black athletes, but St. John Bosco's group of Clark, his twin brother James, Noah Everly, Jaden Jackson and Macade Maxwell have embraced baseball and put themselves in position to pursue college baseball and beyond. Each player offers speed and athleticism. Maxwell had an RBI single in the semifinals against Seth Hernandez of Corona. James Clark and Everly lead the team in hitting at .394 and .347, respectively. St. John Bosco won its first Trinity League title since 2017 and is 24-5. … Santa Margarita is much improved after getting players back from injuries, so ignore the fact it has 12 losses. Carter Enoch came back to add hitting to the Eagles' lineup and Brennan Bauer has been the winning pitcher in all four playoff games. Seventeen seniors are graduating at 10 a.m. at the Honda Center. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email Advertisement Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep talk: As MLB tries to increase Black players, St. John Bosco has positive news
Major League Baseball has been trying for years to increase the number of Black players participating in the sport, creating such programs as the Compton Youth Academy and the DREAM Series. There were 59 Black players on opening day MLB rosters, a slight increase from the previous year but far from the numbers in the 1980s. St. John Bosco's baseball team, which plays for a Southern Section Division 1 championship on Friday against Santa Margarita at Cal State Fullerton, offers hope for the future with five Black players in the starting lineup. 'Definitely something to be proud of,' center fielder Miles Clark said. The sports of football and basketball have been taking away Black athletes, but St. John Bosco's group of Clark, his twin brother James, Noah Everly, Jaden Jackson and Macade Maxwell have embraced baseball and put themselves in position to pursue college baseball and beyond. Each player offers speed and athleticism. Maxwell had an RBI single in the semifinals against Seth Hernandez of Corona. James Clark and Everly lead the team in hitting at .394 and .347, respectively. St. John Bosco won its first Trinity League title since 2017 and is 24-5. … Santa Margarita is much improved after getting players back from injuries, so ignore the fact it has 12 losses. Carter Enoch came back to add hitting to the Eagles' lineup and Brennan Bauer has been the winning pitcher in all four playoff games. Seventeen seniors are graduating at 10 a.m. at the Honda Center. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email
NBC Sports
18-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Strawberry says MLB needs to focus on developing, marketing game within inner cities
NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry says Major League Baseball needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities in order for the percentage of Black players to rise substantially. 'They have academies everywhere else, but they don't have the attraction for what inner cities are all about,' Strawberry said Thursday at Citi Field prior to what the New York Mets marketed as their 'Black Legacy Game' against the St. Louis Cardinals. 'That's where we played — me and Eric Davis, Chris Brown, all of us came from the inner city and inner city baseball was organized.' Strawberry, Davis and Brown all grew up in the Los Angeles area and made big league debuts in 1983 and 1984. 'They don't have those anymore. Those parks are closed down. Those parks are soccer fields. They're not baseball fields anymore,' Strawberry said. Black players comprised 6.2% of the opening-day rosters this season — up from 6% last season and down 18% from 1991, the first year The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida conducted its annual study. MLB has attempted to generate interest among Black high schoolers with the DREAM Series, which it runs in conjunction with USA Baseball. The Series began in 2017, when one of the high schoolers in attendance was current Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene. Strawberry said MLB should increase marketing to attract Black athletes who might otherwise play basketball or football. Strawberry's sons D.J. and Jordan were 1,000-point scorers, D.J. at Maryland and Jordan at Mercer. Jordan Strawberry accompanied his father to Citi Field. 'The younger African-American kids kind of reject baseball because they don't market it like they do basketball,' Darryl Strawberry said, 'Basketball markets their players, they market their jersey, they market their tennis shoes and that's what gets kids attracted to. 'My son Jordan's with me. He grew up playing basketball. He was a good baseball player. I wish he'd picked up a bat and kept going. The marketing of basketball was so attractive and it just draws players to that. So you have to make the game attractive to draw players to it.'
Fox Sports
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Strawberry says MLB needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Darryl Strawberry says Major League Baseball needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities in order for the percentage of Black players to rise substantially. 'They have academies everywhere else, but they don't have the attraction for what inner cities are all about,' Strawberry said Thursday at Citi Field prior to what the New York Mets marketed as their 'Black Legacy Game' against the St. Louis Cardinals. 'That's where we played — me and Eric Davis, Chris Brown, all of us came from the inner city and inner city baseball was organized.' Strawberry, Davis and Brown all grew up in the Los Angeles area and made big league debuts in 1983 and 1984. 'They don't have those anymore. Those parks are closed down. Those parks are soccer fields. They're not baseball fields anymore,' Strawberry said. Black players comprised 6.2% of the opening-day rosters this season — up from 6% last season and down 18% from 1991, the first year The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida conducted its annual study. MLB has attempted to generate interest among Black high schoolers with the DREAM Series, which it runs in conjunction with USA Baseball. The Series began in 2017, when one of the high schoolers in attendance was current Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene. Strawberry said MLB should increase marketing to attract Black athletes who might otherwise play basketball or football. Strawberry's sons D.J. and Jordan were 1,000-point scorers, D.J. at Maryland and Jordan at Mercer. Jordan Strawberry accompanied his father to Citi Field. 'The younger African-American kids kind of reject baseball because they don't market it like they do basketball,' Darryl Strawberry said, 'Basketball markets their players, they market their jersey, they market their tennis shoes and that's what gets kids attracted to. 'My son Jordan's with me. He grew up playing basketball. He was a good baseball player. I wish he'd picked up a bat and kept going. The marketing of basketball was so attractive and it just draws players to that. So you have to make the game attractive to draw players to it.' ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Strawberry says MLB needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities
NEW YORK (AP) — Darryl Strawberry says Major League Baseball needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities in order for the percentage of Black players to rise substantially. 'They have academies everywhere else, but they don't have the attraction for what inner cities are all about,' Strawberry said Thursday at Citi Field prior to what the New York Mets marketed as their 'Black Legacy Game' against the St. Louis Cardinals. 'That's where we played — me and Eric Davis, Chris Brown, all of us came from the inner city and inner city baseball was organized.' Strawberry, Davis and Brown all grew up in the Los Angeles area and made big league debuts in 1983 and 1984. 'They don't have those anymore. Those parks are closed down. Those parks are soccer fields. They're not baseball fields anymore,' Strawberry said. Black players comprised 6.2% of the opening-day rosters this season — up from 6% last season and down 18% from 1991, the first year The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida conducted its annual study. MLB has attempted to generate interest among Black high schoolers with the DREAM Series, which it runs in conjunction with USA Baseball. The Series began in 2017, when one of the high schoolers in attendance was current Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene. Strawberry said MLB should increase marketing to attract Black athletes who might otherwise play basketball or football. Strawberry's sons D.J. and Jordan were 1,000-point scorers, D.J. at Maryland and Jordan at Mercer. Jordan Strawberry accompanied his father to Citi Field. 'The younger African-American kids kind of reject baseball because they don't market it like they do basketball,' Darryl Strawberry said, 'Basketball markets their players, they market their jersey, they market their tennis shoes and that's what gets kids attracted to. 'My son Jordan's with me. He grew up playing basketball. He was a good baseball player. I wish he'd picked up a bat and kept going. The marketing of basketball was so attractive and it just draws players to that. So you have to make the game attractive to draw players to it.' ___ AP MLB:
