Honoring Black History Month: Steve Williams and LaTroy Hawkins
On this special Black History Month episode, Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) is joined by Pirates' Vice President of Player Personnel Steve Williams and former MLB pitcher LaTroy Hawkins ( @LaTroyHawkins32 ). Steve talks about his career working in baseball and the role he plays as the president of the Buck O'Neil Professional Baseball Scouts & Coaches Association (0:38). LaTroy talks about his lengthy career, creating opportunities in baseball for underserved communities, and how he has adjusted to changes in the game now that he is working as a Special Assistant for the Twins (21:28). Mark and Bobby also take a few minutes to talk about the Jackie Robinson Museum and the Negro League Baseball Museum (41:03) Check out the podcasts mentioned in the show using the links below: Black Diamonds Podcast Thick Skin Podcast Thank you for listening. Please check out the new FieldingBible.com website, follow us on Twitter at @sis_baseball , and read our work at SportsInfoSolutions.com . You can e-mail us at Mark@sportsinfosolutions.com .