The $3.9 billion agreement for the San Diego Padres still requires MLB approval, but would mark a historic first for Black women in ownership.
Major League Baseball has existed in its current form since 1903.
In all that time, no Black woman has ever held a majority ownership stake in one of its franchises. While there’s really no shocker there, it doesn’t make it any less overdue. And there’s one woman up for the job and ready to change that.
Yes, her name deserves its own paragraph. And then some.
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