Baseball Hires Firm to Help Minorities Get MLB Front Office Jobs

It was the “Steroid Era” and the sport had become so juiced that the balls themselves contained Vitamin D (among other things). Many die-hard fans and baseball purists believed nothing was done about it because then-MLB Commissioner Bud Selig loved the ratings all those home runs were bringing in.

While Selig was gallivanting around the bases making few friends, he did something else to further alienate himself from fans and executives alike: he decreed every major league team had to interview at least one minority candidate for a managerial vacancy in the spirit of Jackie Robinson and racial diversity.

He meant well, but many writers and players believed this so-called “Selig Rule” placed an unfortunate cloud above minority candidates, who were now seen to be qualified by their appearance rather than their skill sets.

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