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La Russa points out MLB's efforts in expanding black participation in baseball and points out that it's also in MLB's best interests to do so.
And he basically calls Kaepernick a walking circus:
espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17549357/mlb-hall-famer-tony-la-russa-questions-adam-jones-comment-questions-colin-kaepernick-sincerity
And he basically calls Kaepernick a walking circus:
espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17549357/mlb-hall-famer-tony-la-russa-questions-adam-jones-comment-questions-colin-kaepernick-sincerity
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Suppressing one of the few remaining good black MLB players is a great way to get more black MLB players.
Everybody says so. -
Leach has been Cougar coach of the year 4 straight years. I thought this was about him
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Please tell me exactly where LaRussa is wrong Boobs?TierbsHsotBoobs said:Suppressing one of the few remaining good black MLB players is a great way to get more black MLB players.
Everybody says so.
To claim that baseball is not a diverse sport (which is essentially what Jones is saying) is completely missing the mark ... add up African American players + Latino players + Pacific Rim players and you have a significantly diverse team makeup.
Harold Reynolds made a comment on MLB Network just now that essentially said that he was the only African American player on his team a lot of times. But if you go back to 1989 and take a look at the 9 hitter "starting lineup" for the Seattle Mariners and you'll find that 6 of the 9 typical starters were African American.
LaRussa is 100% accurate that the larger issue right now is opportunity particularly in the inner city. Between the game not being a choice of kids growing up as well as how the game at the youth levels have shifted (not just in baseball but in a number of sports) towards elite and select teams at youth levels that isolate based on $$$, there are issues that need to be reconciled.
I know this isn't popular to some, but the reality to me is that IF you really want something bad enough, you'll find the way to put the work in to achieve your goals. -
Harold Reynolds is from fucking Corvallis. There were probably many times when OSU was on break where he was the only brutha in his entire town.
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What about when Jason Shelly was in town?PurpleThrobber said:Harold Reynolds is from fucking Corvallis. There were probably many times when OSU was on break where he was the only brutha in his entire town.
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Technically, Harold Reynolds is white anyway so we are going to throw the whole question out.RaceBannon said:
What about when Jason Shelly was in town?PurpleThrobber said:Harold Reynolds is from fucking Corvallis. There were probably many times when OSU was on break where he was the only brutha in his entire town.
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Maybe black people as a whole are just hipper than the rest of America and figured out that baseball is an uncool fag sport for nancy boys.
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well they as hell ain't playing your beloved divegrass insteadPurpleJ said:Maybe black people as a whole are just hipper than the rest of America and figured out that baseball is an uncool fag sport for nancy boys.
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Bingo.PurpleJ said:Maybe black people as a whole are just hipper than the rest of America and figured out that baseball is an uncool fag sport for nancy boys.
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It's too expensive and too organized to become popular in the inner cities right now.
Compare that with it being a slow sport that isn't gonna appeal to a wide demographic and that you need to spend 3/4 years in the minor leagues to often even get a shot to play in the majors and make some money you can see why black participation has dropped
