US EditionPatrick Reusse: Twins play Giants, triggering Willie Mays memories and a question: Can we get the Black players back?
- Patrick Reusse of the Star Tribune reported the Minnesota Twins played the San Francisco Giants in interleague baseball at Pac Bell Park in June 2003.
- This series occurred after MLB introduced interleague play in 1997 and both teams had won their respective divisions that season with strong records.
- The Twins won two of three games, finishing 90-72, four games ahead in their division, while the Giants led their division with 100 wins.
- Reusse recalled Willie Mays’s.471 average for the Minneapolis Millers in 1951 and his leadoff homer in the 1965 All-Star Game, when Black players comprised 12.7% of MLB rosters.
- The recent drop to 6.2% Black players and MLB's shift to Latin American talent highlight a lost connection with Black athletes that influences the sport's current diversity and talent pool.
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Patrick Reusse: Twins play Giants, triggering Willie Mays memories and a question: Can we get the Black players back?
MINNEAPOLIS — Baseball introduced interleague play in 1997, and it took until 2003 for the Twins to take on the San Francisco Giants. The series was played at the start of June in what was then named Pac Bell Park,…
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