By Stephen G. Hall
‘Deeply personal’: Six teams, several players refuse to play as Jacob Blake protests extend to MLB (USA Today, 8/26/2020)
Three MLB games postponed as players protest Wisconsin shooting (ESPN, 8/26/2020)
Diamondbacks-Rockies game postponed as part of growing racial injustice (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)
Awkward activism: MLB’s uneven response to racial injustice (AP, 8/27/2020)
https://apnews.com/5e02538778d7dbfb3853fa35fe7781ee
Amid a day of racial injustice protests MLB Jack Flaherty calls for greater unity (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)
MLB games called off as four teams stage protest over racial injustice (Reuters, 8/27/2020)
Seven MLB games called off over protests to Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin (CBSSports.com, 8/28/2020)
After a Long Lull, Protesting is Taking Hold Across Baseball (NYT, 8/28/2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/sports/baseball/mlb-protest-canceled-games.html
Astros protest racial injustice by sitting out game against A’s (Texas Sports Nation, 8/28/2020)
MLB is having its annual Jackie Robinson Day amid historic protests (SB Nation, 8/28/2020)
Astros, A’s place Black Lives Matter shirt on home plate before leaving field and postponing game (MLB, 8/28/2020)
Amid Protests in Rochester, Blue Jays’ Davis seeks to be agent for change (Sportsnet, 9/13/2020)
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/amid-protests-rochester-blue-jays-davis-seeks-agent-change/
What Black Baseball Players—Past, Present and Future—heard when MLB teams refused to play (Yahoo Sports, 9/16/2020)
How Athlete Protests Have Affected Viewing Habits (YouGov, 9/22/2020)
https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/09/22/blm-sports-viewership
Cost, Racism and Football are Draining Black American Talent In Baseball (CBC, 9/22/2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/opinion-mlb-mlbpa-players-alliance-morgan-ca
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