How baseball can teach us to frame the new Latino narrative

How baseball can teach us to frame the new Latino narrative

NewsTaco June 8, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)   There’s an interesting side conversation going on in Philadelphia baseball circles that illustrates how a big part of rewriting the U.S. Latino […]

The Movement to Retire Roberto Clemente’s Number From the MLB Is Flourishing

NewsTaco February 10, 2016

*Great story! There’s a link that’ll take you to a petition that’ll be sent to MLB commissioner Bud Selig to have Clemente’s number 21 retired from professional baseball. What an […]

When it comes to baseball’s ethnic tensions, the problems run deeper than bat flip

NewsTaco October 20, 2015

*When the current MLB season began, nearly 30 percent of the players were Latino. When there are bench-clearing brawls, as there are in professional baseball, the Latino players involved are […]

Criticized for Being a ‘Woman Announcer,’ Jessica Mendoza Shines Anyway

NewsTaco October 8, 2015

*The first woman to call a nationally televised Major League Baseball playoff game is a Latina! VL By Katie Rogers, The New York Times Jessica Mendoza is a former All-American […]

Baseball’s Demographic Shifts Bring Cultural Complexities

NewsTaco April 21, 2014

*Latinos are 17 percent of the U.S. population, and 27 percent of Major League ball players. It’s a cultural shift that’s changing not only play on the diamond, but the […]

Latino MLB Players: Few Starting Pitchers Or In Commercials

NewsTaco July 18, 2011

So there was no boycott after all, no commerce-affecting protest, no fan movement, no player statement (at least none that pierced the media bubble). The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star […]

Latino Baseball Players May Boycott All-Star Game In Arizona

NewsTaco April 29, 2011

The rumors started flying at spring training. Half of the 30 Major League Baseball teams hold their spring training ritual in Arizona and this year part of that ritual included […]