Group Project statement

We are looking at moving our topic from immigration in baseball to race in baseball because like the MLB, we had been overlooking the decrease in African Americans playing into the league. This is an issue that has been coming up a lot recently from baseball players themselves, so people are looking at reasons why and how it can change. We want to provide some historical information about Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson, but also show how less black children are getting into the sport in the first place, and less players are coming into the league. One article that we want to remember is: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-dyehudson041210 in which Orlando Hudson made comments about racism in the free agent market, not just among amateur players.