Thread by @dankennedy_nu, 1. Given that the Henrys own both the @BostonGlobe and the @RedSox, [...]

1. Given that the Henrys own both the @BostonGlobe and the @RedSox, it took some guts for brand-new @GlobeOpinion columnist @KimberlyEAtkins to write about team's tepid response to racism — and some guts for the Globe to run it. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/27/opinion/missing-moment-red-sox-lost-this-fan/

In missing the moment, the Red Sox lost this fan - The Boston Globe

No team in Major League Baseball has a greater obligation than the Red Sox to stand firmly against the ongoing brutality that continues to leave Black Americans dead, maimed, and traumatized in its...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/27/opinion/missing-moment-red-sox-lost-this-fan/

2. And maybe this @alexspeier column gives us some indication of why Mookie Betts seemed uninterested in staying with the Red Sox at any price. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/27/sports/baseballs-pause-offers-perfect-time-incubator-action/

Baseball’s pause offers the perfect time, and incubator, for action - The Boston Globe

Based on Census data, Blacks are underrepresented on MLB rosters by nearly 50 percent, with six teams having none.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/27/sports/baseballs-pause-offers-perfect-time-incubator-action/

3. Under Henry's ownership, the Red Sox have made real progress on race, even taking on the racist Yawkey legacy. But as recent events have shown, they haven't done as much as they could or moved quickly enough. It's time for more. -30-

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