MLB hopes to invigorate African-American participation

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  • ralaw
    Posts too much
    • Feb 2009
    • 6663

    #46
    Originally posted by Villain
    Doesn't the prevalence of baseball in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, etc. make the "baseball is too expensive" argument invalid?
    I agree. I think that if someone (especially kids) wants to play a sport they will.....they just make due with what they have and figure it out.

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    • Villain
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      • May 2011
      • 7768

      #47
      Honestly, I think it's way more simple than money, etc. I just don't think many black kids think baseball is cool.




      I agree that Matt Kemp, Andrew McCutcheon, Torii Hunter, the ATL Outfield, etc. should be marketed by MLB way more.

      Go to a Dodger game and the fans will be mostly Mexican or white, then a bunch of Koreans, then black fans are few and far between. It's not like there aren't black people in Los Angeles. (Small, little known neighborhood called South Central has a quaint African-American community)

      Go to a Laker game and it's mostly white people but that's just because it's fucking expensive.
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      • ram29jackson
        Noob
        • Nov 2008
        • 0

        #48
        is the question- why so few blacks ?

        or is it- why so many south Americans and Cubans etc?- in the first place.

        why do so many Euro's do basketball ?...you see, its not an issue, its just the way it is and needs to be accepted.

        theyve been pushing a wannabe agenda for a decade or so to say we are trying get blacks to play baseball... why bother ? why is it needed ? why is it an issue ?

        black people only take up 10 % of the country so why do they need to take up 40% of baseball ? to keep who happy ?

        guess what, they can if hey want and they choose not to.

        for all we know, they probably dont like hanging out with a bunch of Latino's LOL ? and theres enough dark/tan Cubans to make up for it anyway LOL

        who knows ? the 42 movie might get you that 3% more black guys joining baseball 15 years from now ?

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        • Villain
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          • May 2011
          • 7768

          #49
          But blacks are good at SPROTS so they should take over baseball if they tried DUHHHHHHH
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          • JimLeavy59
            War Hero
            • May 2012
            • 7199

            #50
            Going to Brewers games and being the token colored person is cool.

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            • ram29jackson
              Noob
              • Nov 2008
              • 0

              #51
              Originally posted by Villain
              But blacks are good at SPROTS so they should take over baseball if they tried DUHHHHHHH
              Blacks are in the majority in most American Sports anyway- Basketball-football-..leave it be, white people need to be good at something

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