ARLINGTON -- The numbers are not what they should be, and Rangers outfielder Delino DeShields -- like many African-American players in Major League Baseball -- senses it when he's on the field.
He looks around, and it's what he doesn't see that catches his attention. The relatively small number of black players on the diamond is not necessarily something that fazes him, but it's something he can't help noticing.
"Even coming up in the Minor League system, you always kind of notice as an African-American player how many there are on a team," DeShields said.