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O's Jones: MLB 'white man's sport' so no protest

With racial issues in the United States coming to the forefront in the sports world, Major League Baseball players have been absent from the growing chorus of athletes who have publicly spoken out about problems they may see in the United States, and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones thinks he knows why.

"Baseball is a white man's sport," the Orioles star told USA Today.

"We already have two strikes against us already,'' Jones told the newspaper, "so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can't kick them out.