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How Discrimination keeps Haitians out of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Are there any Haitian Professional Baseball Players??? As many as 1 in 10 Dominicans are of Haitian descent. So why do we know of virtually no Haitian Dominicans in the major leagues?

PHOTO: Miguel Sano - Haitians in Major League Baseball (MLB)
PHOTO: Miguel Sano - Haitians in Major League Baseball (MLB)

Baseball is not popular in Haiti itself, but as many as a million ethnic Haitians live in the neighboring Dominican Republic, where the game is ubiquitous.

Read a detailed article from ESPN about this very issue and discover Haitian-Dominican professional baseball player Miguel Sano, or is it Miguel Jean, the name his birth certificate...

Read the article here.

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