A Story of Two Black MenHarrison Chastangbyline‚ Aug. 09‚ 2007Barry Bonds finally reached 756 home runs before a full house at AT&T Park that included more than 300 media people. Of those 300 plus journalists, maybe four or five were African American. Relatively few African Americans cover Major League Baseball and many African Americans say Barry’s often bitter relationship with the media stems from the fact that so few reporters questioning Bonds are African Americans. Before Monday’s game the conversation among the national media, including the few Black reporters in the press box, was the shocking mob style murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. |