Historical Reading: The Koh-i-noor Diamond. 1  Onlookers take in the display of the Koh-i-noor diamond with two smaller diamonds at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in London. The Koh-i-nor was placed in a covered gilt iron cage that excluded daylight and was illuminated with a ring of gas jets and metal reflectors surrounding it.
Also called the active roster, the 25-man is composed of 25 players who are playing for their Major League team. They are the starting eight (NL) or nine (AL) position players, pitchers, and reserve players on the team. Players on the active roster are also on the 40-man roster.
Certainly, the 25-man rosters of the 30 major league teams are diverse in other ways. Players of Latin descent made up 28.2 of players on MLB rosters at the start of the 2013 season. But a sharper, ground level view of diversity in sports may explain the 8.3 percent. The baseball landscape has changed in America since the days of Robinson, particularly the landscape of the backyard and the sandlot.