“I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.” TwoSometimesStatesSchoolJobsOpportunitySportsBlackTeacherFourYouthHigh SchoolBaseballBlockRestaurantsAspireJerseyNew JerseyElevatorsOperatorsAll StateJob OpportunitiesBlack Youth Author:Monte Irvin
“That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.” PeopleThinkingBlackResultsBaseballCloudsSteroidBlack Clouds Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“When I was a kid and we played baseball we used to use that "eye black" stuff sometimes - that kind of grease you put under your eyes to reduce glare or something. We only used it, of course, to look cool; it's not like we were any better prepubescent athletes for reducing glare.” LooksKindSometimesUseEyeKidsUsedCoursesStuffBlackBaseballAthleteReducingGreaseGlare Author:Ben Lerner