Game 1 between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros marked the first time since 1950 that neither World Series roster featured a Black player who was born in the United States.
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, spoke to Evan Drellich of The Athletic about the ongoing diversity problem in baseball.
"It’s 2022, and we’re still having the same conversations that we had back in 2006," he said. "I’m a glass-half-full guy—I try to be. But if things were already manifesting themselves in 2006, when we had that conversation, and now we’re sitting here 16 years later having the same conversation… this is not going to change overnight.