Ken Williams has heard the talk before about how baseball — and society — needs to address racial imbalance when it comes to opportunities for leadership positions on down.
The two Chicago baseball executives mostly repeated things they’ve said elsewhere since the killing of George Floyd and a string of other incidents led to nationwide demonstrations and introspection concerning systemic racism.
Co-host Fran Charles said it was “a perfect time to start an open conversation about … what it’s like to be black in baseball and what’s at work behind the scenes to make sure that, like our society, baseball is thriving in the area of diversity with equal footing for all.