Black History Month: The impact of the black athlete in Baseball

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🗓️ 8 February 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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NBCS Chicago is celebrating Black History Month with special episodes to discuss the impact of the black athlete in sports. To start the series Laurence Holmes interviews former Cub, now baseball analyst Doug Glanville as they discuss his experience in baseball, and the change that black athletes have brought in baseball.(0:53) - The legacy of Black history and sports(5:47) - Should an athlete speak on social issues?(10:00) - His parents weren't comfortable with him playing baseball(14:20) - The diversity of baseball(17:00) - Black interest in baseball(23:00) - Current black baseball players still dealing with issuesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome and thank you for checking out today's podcast.
0:10.6	This is Tony Gill, podcast producer for NBC Sports Chicago.
0:14.4	And to celebrate Black History Month, we are premiering an exclusive episode every Friday of this month across all of our NBC Sports
0:22.6	Chicago podcast to have interesting and important discussions about the contributions
0:27.8	made by black athletes in Chicago. For today's episode, we have former Cub now baseball analyst
0:34.4	Doug Glanville. He joins Lawrence Holmes to discuss the effect black athletes have had on baseball and his
0:41.3	experiences playing the sport he loves.
0:43.9	We hope you enjoy.
0:46.8	Obviously, it being Black History Month and it being a big deal to a lot of us, when you
0:53.7	think about sports in Black History Month, what comes to mind?
0:59.1	Yeah, well, I think of legacy.
1:01.7	That's one of the first words that comes to mind.
1:04.3	Because when you think about Black history
1:07.0	and a lot of the progress that's made over time. So much has been this connecting point
1:13.3	between activism, civil rights, and athletes, you know, even entertainers in a larger scale.
1:21.0	So, you know, obviously in baseball, I'm connected more through Jackie Robinson in 1947
1:26.9	and his pioneering efforts.
1:29.1	But I also think about so much work he did with Martin Luther King, inspiring him and
1:34.8	many others before and after him. And his career didn't stop there. He did so many other
1:41.2	pioneering things from banks to being a columnist after his career.
1:46.4	So, you know, sports, especially in the black community, has a different connotation
1:51.6	because progress, activism, so much has been measured through what some of these athletes
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