"To create an inclusive culture within baseball and the community, where differences are leveraged to elevate racial equality and provide greater opportunity for the black community, both in our game and the places we live in and care about the most."
— Mission statement of the Players Alliance
Detroit — Cameron Maybin, back home in Ashville, North Carolina, last May after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered baseball, found himself on his couch with his son watching news coverage of the death of George Floyd and trying to find the words that might help a 13-year-old understand such a senseless tragedy.