By ALANIS THAMES For much of Lee Allen Jr.’s childhood, baseball seemed quite far from him. Major League Baseball’s Royals played in his hometown Kansas City, Missouri, but Allen who is Black and lived in the inner city didn’t come across many baseball opportunities until late in his high school years. In January […]
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The percentage of Black MLB players has been declining for decades and remains historically low, but there are signs of improvement in the league’s player development pipeline thanks largely to