Thursday, April 21, 2011
NEW YORK (AP)
The percentage of black players in the major leagues dropped again on opening day this year even as the sport again received a top overall grade for racial diversity.
Baseball's grade for gender hiring declined slightly, according to the annual study released Thursday by Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.
Baseball received an A for racial diversity in hiring, the same grade as last year, and a B-minus for gender, down from a B.
Its overall grade remained a B-plus.