LaTroy Hawkins pitched for 21 years in MLB, including years with the New York Mets and New York Yankees. Hawkins has always been regarded as a clubhouse leader and a standup veteran. A number of Mets pitchers including Jeurys Familia and former Met Hansel Robles credit Hawkins with mentoring them during the 2013 season.
Now a special assistant for the Minnesota Twins, Hawkins is ready to talk about race in baseball telling Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, “We never wanted to be a distraction in the clubhouse by talking about social injustice.