While Major League Baseball attempts to facilitate its return, the focus throughout the country over the past week-plus has shifted elsewhere with George Floyd the latest African-American to be the victim of police brutality.
Floyd was killed by an officer in Minnesota, which prompted widespread protests. The Los Angeles Dodgers organization has always been vocal about social issues, and they of course are the team Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier with in 1947.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who is the organization’s first minority manager, recently spoke up in a series of interviews, saying that ‘normal is not good enough’ when it comes to racism, among other powerful statements.