I was thinking of adding this story link to the thread I started on the ORG regarding Brandon Phillips hometown teams and the efforts to increase the presence of African American players in the game. I thought this would be an interesting discussion, particularly spring from two of the Reds' first three draftees this year being players involved in this program (Ervin and Franklin).

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb