來源: BleacherReport
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Report: MLB, Players Discussing Adding Social Justice Elements to 2020 Season
聯盟跟球員在討論本球季要增加一些社會公平元素
Major League Baseball and its players are reportedly discussing how they can
incorporate social justice elements into the sport for the shortened 2020
season.
據報導聯盟跟球員在討論要如何在今年縮短的賽季把社會公平的元素一起放進來。
Buster Olney of ESPN reported the news, noting "it's unclear what form the
elements will take, whether it be some kind of logo placed on uniforms or
something shared and fronted by players."
ESPN記者Buster Olney報導說，「目前還不確定會用哪種形式來展現，或許會是在制服上
的一個標誌，或者在其他東西上面。」
Olney also pointed out "baseball has rarely tackled issues of racial
inequality with industry-wide uniformity," highlighting the fact that the
Boston Red Sox became the last team to sign a Black player 12 years after
Jackie Robinson broke into the league.
Olney也指出，「棒球用整個運動很少去觸及種族不平等的議題，」這也點出了在Jackie
Robinson打進大聯盟的12年後，波士頓紅襪是最後一支簽下黑人球員的隊伍。
What's more, Robinson called for the hiring of the league's first Black
manager in 1972. That didn't happen until 1975 when the Cleveland Indians
hired Frank Robinson.
更有甚者，Robinson在1972年呼籲要球團聘任黑人教練，但是直到1975年笑臉人才聘了
Frank Robinson。
The killing of George Floyd after former Minneapolis police officer Derek
Chauvin knelt on his neck while he was pleading for his life and saying he
could not breathe sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and
systemic racism. Soccer players in international leagues and MLS have taken a
knee and worn messages such as Black Lives Matter on their jerseys in support
of the movement.
前明尼拿波里警察Derek Chauvin用膝蓋壓著George Floyd，即使他懇求饒他一命以及說他
不能呼吸的情況下死亡後，掀起了全球抗議聲浪，抵制警察暴力以及種族歧視。國際上的
足球員以及美國足球聯盟都做了單膝下跪以及穿著有關Black Lives Matter標誌的球衣以
表示支持。
Some NBA players will have similar messages on the backs of their jerseys
when play resumes near Orlando, Florida.
在奧蘭多復賽的NBA有一些球員會在球衣背後放上有類似訊息的標語。
On June 3, Major League Baseball issued a statement saying "our game has zero
tolerance for racism and racial injustice" while adding "the reality that the
Black community lives in fear or anxiety over racial discrimination,
prejudice or violence is unacceptable."
六月三日，聯盟發表了聲明說，「我們的棒球是不容許有種族歧視以及種族不平等的，」
也說「而黑人社區因為種族歧視，不平等以及暴力而生活在恐懼以及焦慮的事實是不能接
受的。」
聯盟官方推特: https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1268188140315070467
Jelisa Castrodale of Vice pointed out MLB was the last major sports league to
respond to Floyd's death, and James Wagner of the New York Times wrote a
column titled "MLB Took 9 Days to Address George Floyd. Was It Too Late?"
that included criticism from players such as New York Mets pitcher Marcus
Stroman:
Vice雜誌Jelisa Castrodale指出聯盟是最後一個職業運動對於Floyd死亡做出回應的，紐
時專欄作家James Wagner寫了專欄標題是"MLB花了9天才對於George Floyd表示意見，會不
會太慢?"，裡面也提及梅子投手Marcus Stroman對聯盟的批評：
Marcus Stroman推特: https://twitter.com/STR0/status/1268190459173703680
截圖：https://imgur.com/gFzKoOP.jpg
"Took long enough...BLACK LIVES MATTER! "
「真的有夠久的...黑人的命也是命！」
Castrodale cited MLB's senior director of communications and youth engagement
Steven Arocho, who knew the amount of time it took the league to respond
"didn't go unnoticed."
Castrodale則是引述聯盟資深主管Steven Arocho的話，說他知道聯盟花這樣的時間才做出
的回應，「不會不被注意到的。」
However, Arocho said, "We didn't just want to be a brand putting our voice
out there. We wanted to develop what the next action was, so putting
something out without considerable thought and being thorough, for us, fell a
little short. We wanted there to be something intentional behind it."
不過，Arocho也說，「我們不只是要把我們的聲音當作個牌子放在那裏而已，我們想要的
是要發展出接下來所要做的，所以若只是把東西拿出來，沒有想透想清楚，對我們來說是
不夠的。我們想要做的東西是背後有意圖在的。」
It appears as if the league and its players are planning the next steps.
看起來似乎聯盟跟球員們在計畫接下來的要做的一些事情了。