Fri 1 Jun 2007
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - With fewer blacks playing in the majors, Dusty Baker wants to try to get kids’ attention while they are young.
Free trips to play games on the finely manicured fields where the Little League World Series is played might help.
“Go, little man,” Baker, the former major league manager and outfielder, shouted from a seat behind the plate while watching a 12-year-old batter at the Little League Urban Jamboree beat out an infield hit. “Little man has some skills!”
Skills Baker hopes players will keep honing as baseball seeks ways to generate more interest in the sport among young blacks.