Yankees black players call on New York to make judgment


So often, because he is a black man in an overwhelmingly white sport, Canaan Smith-Njigba will silence himself. He hears teammates in the Yankees’ organization, for whom he played left field last year for the Class A RiverDogs Charleston (SC), make what he calls a “borderline” remark. It’s never a battle, more like “Black Lives Matter is a terrorist group” or “Well, why did he not listen to the police?”

“You think, I’m the only one [Black person] over here. There is no one to support me, ”Says Smith-Njigba. ‘Just like all greats did, you have to bite on the tongue. But I no longer bite my tongue. “That’s why he tweeted, along with Chris Gittens, a black first baseman who played at Double A Trenton (NJ) last year, this afternoon at the organization to ask for support.

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