worked for the san francisco examiner and i was doing a five-part series on what was going on with african-americans in baseball. hank and i talked at length about this. and because in the mid-1970s, the percentage was about 25% african-americans in baseball, had dropped down to 18% this 1982, now it s down to 8%. so, this is what hank aaron base is that, in addition to barry bonds. a lot of people are talking about right now what s happening to blacks in baseball and when you broke babe ruth s record on april 8, 1974, there were approximately 25 to 26% african-americans in the major leagues. right now, we are down to 8%. all kind of theories az to what s going on here. do you have a favorite theory as to why there aren t that many african-americans around anymore? well, you know, you can take that even further, you know? you talk about the african-americans. you don t have that many whites, if you think about it you know, really, i mean, this game has