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Baseball did not simply lose Black children. The game became too expensive for working-class families—and the Baltimore Orioles became disconnected from the city they call home. (BALTIMORE – August 8, 2026) – A dear friend of mine and Morehouse brother is Robert “Robbie” Scott, the son of the late Pat Scott. Pat was the last surviving member of Baltimore’s famed Goon Squad, but he preferred to be remembered as an artist and a professor at Morgan State University. At one point, Robbie was a Little League baseball coach. And boy, did I hear some stories about his experiences coaching. But Robbie also educated me about some things I did not know about youth baseball. The long and short of it is this: Black children are not playing baseball like they did when we were coming up. I am 61. Robbie is 63. We remember when baseball was everywhere. We remember when a child did not need a family investment portfolio to step into the batter’s box. Today, Black children are disappearing from baseball. People can attribute that decline to a litany of factors. They can say basketball became more popular. They can point to football. They can blame video games, changing neighborhoods, disappearing recreation programs or a lack of interest. But I will say this plainly: Black families have been priced out of the game. In 1981, Black American players accounted for 18.7% of Major League Baseball. On Opening Day in 2026, that number was only 6.8%. Yes, that was a slight improvement over 2024 and 2025, but it remains a staggering collapse from the baseball we knew. The decline is real, historic, and impossible to dismiss. We Were Not Raised on $400 Bats Unless I missed something, baseball used to be a relatively simple game. Back in my day, you had a wooden bat or an aluminum bat. Somebody brought a ball. You brought your glove. If you did not have a bat, somebody else did. We shared equipment. We played in municipal leagues, recreation leagues, and neighborhood parks. You did not need thousands of dollars to prove you could hit. Today, high-end aluminum and composite youth bats can cost more than $400. And from what Robbie explained to me, these bats do not remain at peak performance forever. Their “pop” can decline with use, creating pressure on parents to replace an already expensive bat with the next model. So, you are paying $400—or more—for one bat, and before long, somebody is telling you that your child needs another one to remain competitive. Then come the cleats. The glove. The batting gloves. The helmet. The uniform. The private instructor. The tournament fees. The hotel rooms. The travel-ball registration. The gas. The meals on the road. By the time the first pitch is thrown, a working-class family can be more than $1,000 into a season. At the elite travel-ball level, families can spend many thousands more. That is not recreation. That is an economic screening process. In historically Black leagues—like Baltimore’s…
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(BALTIMORE – July 26, 2026) – Happy Disability Pride Month and the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! Pride means naming disability out loud and with dignity. Disability should not be a source of shame or stigma. Naming disability gives a person the language to describe how they move through the world and to ask for the access they need to reach their full potential. Lately, I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about what it means for children to reach their full potential in the context of disability. Stigma around disability runs deep in communities…
DBU Inc. founder empowers survivors through recovery support, workforce development, violence prevention and community engagement (BALTIMORE – July 23, 2026) – Donna Bruce knows what it means to survive. More importantly, she knows what it means to transform survival into service. Bruce, founder and executive director of DBU Inc., will receive a Joe Manns Black Wall Street Award during the Black Wall Street Summit on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, located at 1315 Division Street in West Baltimore. Presented by BMORENews.com and its partners, the Joe Manns Black Wall…
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(BALTIMORE – July 20, 2026) Background Baltimore is changing. The reduction in violent crime is primarily grassroots-driven and under-recognized. The landscape and narrative around our community is literally like tectonic plates shifting beneath our feet. And the impact is seismic. The story has gone viral and praise is being showered upon several individuals in high places. My biggest problem with that is, the people most responsible for that seismic shift are rarely the ones you hear credited with these accomplishments. In today’s political climate I want to reframe the conversation, not take a victory lap. Our reimagining of public safety…
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