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Transcript: Sports Reflect Society's Changing Makeup
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- July 12, 2006
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STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGE
NPR Morning Edition
07-12-2006
Sports Reflect Society's Changing Makeup
Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Jon was talking about baseball's all-stars. Commentator Frank Deford has been thinking about the kinds of people who become stars in all sports.
FRANK DEFORD reporting:
There were mutterings in the off-season that the New York Mets general manager, a Dominican-American, was stuffing the roster with too many Hispanics. And as much as the Mets came into this All-Star break with the best record in the National League, though, these complaints have largely subsided.
But anyway, it's not as if the Mets are particularly ...