So that means I have to hear about the tragedy that the MLB is only 6% American black. It's just the national percentage of the black American male population but blacks not being overly represented is a bad thing.
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They won't rest until all sports are 100% diverse.
Yeah that's why they don't ever promote white players like Freddie Freeman, Mike Trout, Corey Seager, or Max Scherzer.
If the MLB is only 6% black then that's insanely good considering how blacks are way overrepresented in basketball and football. I think it's like 70% of players in NFL/NBA are black?
So think of all the 18 year old black dudes who don't drop out of high school, or commit crimes so they're thrown in prison, or shoot each other dead. Guys who avoid all that shit and keep playing to get scouted and get on professional teams. And think about how so many of a black baseball player's cohorts are football or basketball athletes instead. Factor those things, it's FANTASTIC that as high as 6% of players are black in the MLB.
American born black. There's a ton of black Caribbean and Latino players.
I hear baseball is as popular in the Caribbean as it was here in the 50s. I’d love to see baseball become like that again
95% of NBA players are black, they don’t want to address the black privilege that they genetically have a higher chance of becoming professional basketball players because muh oppression or some stupid shit like that
I hate that they keep doing this. Blacks who want to play baseball and are good enough are able to play. Fact of the matter is most black kids would rather play basketball or football. Majority of blacks in baseball are black Latinos. My grandfather played baseball when he was young and he said a lot of black kids wanted to play baseball but those days are gone.
I remember a while back Larry Elder played an interview with this black college baseball player and the interviewer kept asking about him being the only black guy on the team and seemed upset that he said he got along great with his teammates and hadnt experienced any racism.
Y'all really don't get what Jackie Robinson day is lol.
I know what it’s for. I know it’s to honor when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. I was watching when they first retired his jersey (although the baseball historian in me wonders why Moses Fleetwood Walker is never mentioned). I’m not sure what can be done to increase those numbers. I know they have the RBI program, but American black kids are more drawn to basketball and football. I played baseball for years and I was usually the only black kid or one of two black kids on the team. I’ve seen articles acting as if the MLB is stopping blacks from playing. Usually around Jackie Robinson day is when I read articles talking about the decline in American blacks in the game or the kind blaming baseball for it
Likely because while he played professional baseball, it was in 1884, before the MLB was officially founded.
I'm guessing this is a bit sensationalist...the MLB is going to bring in the talent, and that comes largely from those who put the work in.
True about Walker. Baseball is my favorite sport and one of my dream jobs would be a baseball historian so I love that kind of info.
Yea maybe they are just sensationalist morons but I want to tell the people who write the articles that a black guy with talent for baseball will be signed. Like during a recent World Series one guy made a fuss about there being no black Americans on the roster. Not sure what he thinks the MLB can do. I remember trying to get my cousins interested and they told me it was too boring
No im saying that you’re being sensationalist
Fine. I have seen such articles or people talking about it like it’s a crisis but what do I know. I guess we have nothing left to discuss. Have a good day sir.
I mean I looked a few up, but none that I find really blame the MLB for it.
The sport is expensive, especially in US culture, so it becomes a bit more class related than race.
I think it’s important to look more deeply at the info then going with a knee jerk reaction
baseball is a game that is traditionally passed down or taught from father to son…
Lol who is saying that?
It's just a day honoring the guy who helped kickstart the league integration. Nobody is lamenting that the league isn't "black enough" lol
The announcers of the game I watched.
https://archive.ph/Iwzkd
There's a source for you, you Bluestorm alt. I'm glad you have the ability to sound normal.