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Salute Jackie Robinson West Little League Team

byJill Munroe
August 25, 2014
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The kids from Jackie Robinson West, a Chicago little league team that became the first all black team to make it to the Little League World Series championship since 1981.

 

The team lost to a team from Korea.

Let’s hope JJW’s run combined with Mo’Ne Davis’s showing in the same competition will bring more African-Americans back to baseball. Currently the MLB contains about 8% African-Americans. The league high was in 1981 when that number was 18.1%.

One of my earliest post I ever wrote for JocksandStilettoJill was about why I believe black kids were no longer participating in baseball as a sport. You can check that out HERE.

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Jill Munroe
Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-bred entertainment journalist, producer, and host. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists LA. Follow her socials @StilettoJill or visit JillMunroe.com. Catch her live M-F on KBLA Talk 1580 from 6PM to 7PM.
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