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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 18: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to the media during the 2022 Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Dodger Stadium on July 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 18: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to the media during the 2022 Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Dodger Stadium on July 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Dodgers' Mookie Betts Wears 'We Need More Black People at the Stadium' T-Shirt at ASG

Doric Sam
Jul 19, 2022

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts is set to play in his sixth career All-Star Game on Tuesday night.

While taking the field for batting practice prior to the game, Betts wore a shirt with a message that read, "We need more Black people at the stadium":

Baseball has been dealing with a steady decline in Black fans for quite some time now.

Last October, David Waldstein of the New York Times wrote that "baseball has steadily lost its appeal to many Black Americans, who do not see as many Black players on the field as they did years ago." Waldstein noted that only 7 percent of MLB players in 2021 were African American, down from 18 percent in 1981.

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