Kerry Wood speaks about the hate mail received by African-American players and manager Dusty Baker during Wood’s time with the Cubs.
I actually got a letter like that once when I was at ESPN. Ken Griffey, Jr. was going for the record of consecutive games with a home run, and I calculated the odds of him reaching nine games was about the same as Joe DiMaggio hitting in 56 straight games in 1941. It got into a newspaper, and a few days later I received a letter at ESPN telling me how dare I compare Griffey to DiMaggio. It was clear the guy objected because Griffey is black. It never fails to amaze me this still goes on.
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