The first story in today's newsletter is not-paywalled. It's an important one. Major League Baseball's Diversity Pipeline Program has been erased from its website. There has been no explanation. MLB has enjoyed considerable good publicity from it for years, but now they've disappeared it. Why? - ThreadSky

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social • 4 days ago

The first story in today's newsletter is not-paywalled. It's an important one.

Major League Baseball's Diversity Pipeline Program has been erased from its website. There has been no explanation. MLB has enjoyed considerable good publicity from it for years, but now they've disappeared it. Why?

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rjejr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Please tell me that "Why?" at the end was purely rhetorical.😩

We live in the worst timeline.

Mets should officially change their name to Los Mets just because. #LGM

venikadewan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Billy Bean died and MLB decided to get rid of everything he worked for. What a joke

djhansen2025.bsky.social•3 days ago

Keep fighting, Craig!

duanehere.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for this reportage, Craig. This is maddening beyond words. MLB under Rob Manfred is striving to make this game dead to me, so it seems. But I can see through his weakness and lack of vision. Try as Manfred might, I am not letting this game's history disappear before my eyes.

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social•4 days ago

In 2023 Stephen Miller's white supremacist non-profit, America First Legal, filed an EEOC complaint against MLB for its Diversity Pipeline Program. Has Rob Manfred chosen to capitulate to the fascists? Did he think no one would notice? Hard to say, because the league is not talking.

briank.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm guessing Mammon.

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social•4 days ago

A week ago I'd say that would be impossible. In light of what I've seen -- and MLB's silence in response -- I am not at all sure what April 15th will bring. https://bsky.app/profile/sportsdrenched.bsky.social/post/3lkvb6wrhcs2i

wholegrains.bsky.social•3 days ago

My local news had a story a few days ago about extra theme days, one of them was black history or something like that. Probably got smacked down for that.

Only white guys get to be celebrated by these goons.

marccunat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Paul Weiss represents MLB & they just cowardly folded to Trump yesterday. Here’s a list, check under sports.
https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/transactional/entertainment/practice-overview/our-clients

alkie1.bsky.social•3 days ago

It seems that this country is made up of cowards shaking with fear
Pitiful

sporkless.com•4 days ago

I wonder if the Blue Jays could get away with defying a potential MLB directive to cancel it.

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's run through the league, not the clubs.

sporkless.com•4 days ago

Okay, but couldn't the club organize their own similar promotion/event?

oysteranalytics.bsky.social•3 days ago

The actions (wearing the same number, publicizing it as such) would violate league rules, so it’s unlikely that the Jays could do something without MLB’s permission without risking some form of penalty.

sportsdrenched.bsky.social•4 days ago

MLB makes it so hard to like them.

jtperks.bsky.social•4 days ago

That would be 1000 times more incredulous than the extra innings Manfred Man and he’d have re-rewritten his own very questionable legacy as commissioner in the blink of an eye, which is no small task.

theoldmagoo.bsky.social•3 days ago

I knew from the get-go that they'd cave.

dopeyrunr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Waiting on MLB to unretire 42 because of woke

millerscave.bsky.social•4 days ago

No player should step on the field that day.

henryjd74.bsky.social•4 days ago

That is unfathomable to think.
It's sickening to see how many are bending the knee.

tahoeboulder.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hate Stephen Miller more than I can say. He is a sadist. Goebbels. I'm a therapist and when I see him on screen I have to avert my eyes. His affect is sadistic. He has been ruthlessly attacking orgs on this issue. If he could get away with it, he'd also murder those he is deporting.

sportsdrenched.bsky.social•4 days ago

They gonna do away with Jackie Robinson Day too?

commanderrextrek.bsky.social•2 days ago

celtic14.bsky.social•4 days ago

So weak

msm6794.bsky.social•3 days ago

Still waiting for a major organization to stand up and say "no."

bigbreakfast.bsky.social•3 days ago

Beyond maddening no one with real power is taking a stand and saying fuck off. There would be some blowback but considerable goodwill as well. Others would follow. Time is running out

msm6794.bsky.social•3 days ago

Absolutely agree.

fndan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good work, Craig, thank you for calling attention to this.

porcelaincrown.bsky.social•3 days ago

Let me know when MLB’s best player is white

macaroniandcheese9.bsky.social•3 days ago

#BoycottMLB

lisabednarski.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sigh.

commanderrextrek.bsky.social•2 days ago

cephaloctopi.bsky.social•4 days ago

We are encircled by fascists and cowards. The banality of evil.

rc217.bsky.social•3 days ago

@chrid42.bsky.social

chrid42.bsky.social•3 days ago

So much for baseball

gthom18.bsky.social•4 days ago

Diversity is our strength it’s in our blood,sweat and tears.Diversity is America. They can never take that away.

djbhoskins.bsky.social•4 days ago

I presume only white male players will be under contract & appearing for the upcoming season...

All of pro sports has a huge hypocrisy hurdle if they deny DEI in the office but keep putting it on the field because that's mostly who the big stars are...

Non-white players should refuse to play...

rbg68.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can you imagine watching the NFL, MLB and not seeing diversity-there goes the $$ boys! These teams NEED diversity if they want to win…sorry white males-you ain’t the best here…not all of you..and these owners know it…moneyball…

shadycatlady.bsky.social•3 days ago

So they’re just out here wholesale wrecking anything good about America.

chrismsf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Really need to see someone unimpeachable like Passan or Rosenthal sit Manfred down and ask about this, and say “so was this just an act of racism, or was it political cowardice?”

(Surprise. It’s both)

pmcgregor.bsky.social•4 days ago

Remember the Red Sox getting a lot of PR for hiring 2 women as coaches at the beginning of 2023, but then they didn’t bring them back after the 23 season

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