Diversity in MLB remains priority

Commissioner Bud Selig has worked 14 years to better integrate and diversify MLB.
Black History month is kicking off this year, and it is clear that baseball has made several advances in diversity. MLB has many inroads, some of which will be on display this season, including the one-year anniversary of the opening of MLB's first baseball academy in inner-city Los Angeles, the first Civil Rights Game this March 31 in Memphis, and the 60th anniversary celebration on April 15, the day Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier.
While Black History Month is celebrated only in February, baseball's efforts to diversify are year-round. On March 31, the Civil Rights Game will be played in Memphis, the city in which Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. That exhibition game will be played by the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians.