The result was a kinder, gentler baseball team that was pounded out of the playoffs by the St. Louis Cardinals. Then, star outfielder Brian Jordan got in a snit when it looked like he might be traded for a Hispanic shortstop. The Braves always said they want to attract more African Americans to the ballpark. Coca-Cola might do well to look at the Braves' experience. I'm not a big fan of the Braves, but I trust them to sign a wombat if they think it could hit .300 and still keep them within their payroll limits.
Race has nothing to do with it.
Therein lies the problem. We are talking about fairness, and the rules are skewed in one direction. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the Concerned Black Clergy can deal race cards all day long and the media will trip over their TV cameras giving the assorted reverends as large a forum as possible. Wrong-headed Rocker can blather his nonsense and the same reverends brand him racist. Maybe he is, but so are they.