Lack of representation in key coaching and management positions within franchises is an another problem the league has. While nearly 50 percent of the league consists of nonwhite players, very few of them hold a position outside being a player, this includes Latinos, African Americans, and Asians. This past season started with one African American manager, one Latino manager, and one Japanese manager, but by the end of the season the Latino one had been fired. This underrepresentation is not a new one considering the low turnover rate mentioned in Shannon Ryan’s article in the Chicago Tribune. Ryan includes a quote from Adrian Burgos, a history professor at the University of Illinois, who has written about Latinos in baseball "What's so scary
