MLB's Ian Desmond, in a powerful post about racism and social injustice, opts out of 2020 season

9:12am PDT - June 30th, 2020    ian desmond - CNN

Major League Baseball player Ian Desmond is opting out of the truncated 2020 season. Coronavirus concerns factored into his decision, but so did the national reckoning with racism -- something Desmond says needs to happen within the league, too.