"I called it years ago. What I called is that you're going to see more black faces, but there ain't no English going to be coming out. ... [It's about] being able to tell [Latin players] what to do -- being able to control them” (36)

Currently, the percentage of African-Americans playing Major League Baseball is at an all-time low.  Gary Sheffield seems to have a theory as to why this is the case.  Sheffield firmly believes that Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control. “If you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now that can outplay a lot of these guys," Sheffield says (37).

Sheffield’s comments are terrible since Latin players are hard working professionals who do not play the race card.  They go about their business and appreciate not only the opportunity to play MLB as a profession, but understand the employer-employee relationship.
Current Latino manager, Ozzie Guillen responded to Sheffield’s comments by saying, “It’s not that they can control us; maybe when we come to this country, we're hungry.  Guillen later went on to say, “We're trying to survive. Those guys sign for $500,000 or $1 million and they're made. We have a couple of dollars. You can sign one African-American player for the price of 30 Latin players. Look at how many Latin players have won Cy Youngs or MVP awards the last couple of years, how many Latin players have been in the All-Star Game; it's quantity and quality." (38).

According to a 2005 report by the University of Central Florida Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, only 8.5 percent of major leaguers were African-American -- the lowest percentage since the report was initiated in the mid-1980s. By contrast, whites comprised 59.5 percent of the majors' player pool, Latinos 28.7 percent and Asians 2.5 (39).