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D'Backs' Derrick Hall On MLB Diversity

Published: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 5:33pm
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Derrick Hall

On the anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first game this week, Major League Baseball honored his legacy.

But 67 years later, fewer than 8.5 percent of players on opening day rosters were African-American. MLB has undertaken a few efforts to change that. Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall is part of one of them, MLB’s On-Field Diversity Task Force.

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