Sociology of North American Sport. Brady Burgess Jackie Robinson was the man who broke the social barrier of blacks in baseball back in 1947. That is just sad to see that the wheels have just been spinning on the whole situation of race even after 52 years. Mfume also states that in the entire history of the game there have only been 9 black managers. In the entire history of the game there's only been 2 African American general managers.
Today there are zero.
That is amazing that there have only been 9 black managers and 2 black general managers in the entire history of the game. Then to top that off, there are 0 general managers today. Those are some numbers that definitely mean that there needs to be a change. As the African American history teachers we obviously want the boycott on the Cincinnati Reds. We believe a boycott of the Cincinnati Reds will result in an increase of minorities in management positions not only in the Reds baseball organization but will more than likely rub off on the whole league.