Effectively Wild Episode 1554: Baseball Reacts to the Killing of George Floyd

Meg Rowley is joined by the New York Daily News’ Bradford William Davis and Baseball Prospectus’ Shakeia Taylor to discuss Major League Baseball’s response to the police killing of George Floyd and the recent Black Lives Matter protests, why the league’s statements have been so wanting, whether teams have a role to play — both in their communities and in their clubhouses — in conversations about systemic racism, players’ increased willingness to support BLM publicly, some concrete steps MLB should be taking to make baseball more accessible to Black players and fans, and how the media should engage with players around activism and questions of social justice, police brutality, and racism. Plus, Shakeia and Bradford share their thoughts on the strange, short season of baseball we’re about to see. Audio intro : Otis Redding, “ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction ” Audio outro : The Police, “ Truth Hits Everybody ” Link to Shakeia’s piece on Tim Anderson . Link to Bradford’s piece on the need for pro sports leagues to say more in their statements on police brutality . Link to Shakeia’s piece on how diversity in baseball begins in Little League . Link to Bradford’s piece on how MLB is (and isn’t) involving public health officials in its resumption of play plans . Link to the Five and Dive showpage, the podcast Bradford co-hosts at Baseball Prospectus with Craig Goldstein of BP and Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated . Link to Demetrius Bell’s piece “What Jackie Knew,” the first in a series of articles at Baseball Prospectus by Black authors that will explore op-eds and articles written by Jackie Robinson throughout and after his career. iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source