Curtis Granderson remains concerned about the lack of black players in professional baseball.
The New York Mets outfielder spoke with “HuffPost Live” on Jackie Robinson Day and said the lack of black players in MLB is “definitely a big problem.”
“We consider baseball the American pastime,” said Granderson. “And if it’s going to be the American pastime, obviously the African American population is at 13 percent, so the numbers aren’t matching up accordingly.
“The big thing is, there’s other interests that kids are involved in, and we’ve just got to continue to keep baseball as one those interests that kids want to play.