Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker Jr. walks out to the infield for the national anthem before Game 7 of a baseball American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and the Tampa Bay Rays, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in San Diego.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)HOUSTON ā Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said he had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as the team began spring training Thursday.
But the 71-year-old Baker, who is Black, understands the reticence of some in his community to get the vaccine because of this countryās history with medical studies on Black people without permission.
āI was very aware of the experiment and so was my mom and dad,ā Baker said.
Though Baker decided getting the vaccine was right for him, he wonāt try to change the mind of people who are āstaunchly againstā getting it.