With no Black players in World Series, Astros manager Dusty Baker is 'ashamed of the game'

This is the first World Series since 1950 there will not be a single Black player on the field.

“Nah, don’t tell me that,’’ Baker says. “That’s terrible for the state of the game. Wow! Terrible. I’m ashamed of the game.

“Quote me. I am ashamed of the game.’’

Baker was publicly asked about it a day later in a press conference Thursday, and was diplomatic, but still perturbed.

“Well, I don't think that's something that baseball should really be proud of,’’ Baker says. “It looks bad. It lets people know that it didn't take a year, or even a decade to get to this point.

“But there is help on the way. You can tell by the number of African American No. 1 draft choices (four of the first five picks in 2022). The academies are producing players. So hopefully in the near future we won't have to talk about this anymore or even be in this situation.’

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