Posted on 10/30/2013 8:41:17 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
Edited on 10/31/2013 6:30:11 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
“That is been my observation, are there not enough Americans good enough to play ball? Follow the Benjamins. Start out paying less until they are stars and then pay more.”
I really don’t understand the dynamics behind it. When I was younger every kid had a mitt and at least played informally in playgrounds; I don’t see that much anymore. My own children (and many other young people) prefer soccer.
New Providence is still very nice; the Watchung Reservation has some great historical hiking spots. I’m between Newark & Jersey City, and it increasingly looks like Medellin. The economy here is in bad shape (has been for years), and now we’re pinning our hopes on a DeBlasio win in NYC to send more wealthy people and businesses from there to NJ. The best thing that happened to this area was David Dinkins serving as mayor of NYC for the same reasons.
One of the pro scouts that I know said that as you go around the US today most boys when not in school and doing homework are more prone to be playing video games, movies, soccer, chasing girls, hanging out, and other activities as opposed to kids in Central/South American and the Caribbean who play baseball every waking moment of their day. Most don’t go to school and if they do are not highly motivated to perform there anyway. They play ball 6-7 hours or more a day (weather is better too).
I can see that, but I know there are boys here who also breathe baseball. My son plays almost every day from March to November or at least throws a bit just not 6-7 hours a day.
I still say it is always about the money. In the end the foreign kids make the same money if they become starters on a major team, but they start at a much lower salary for the first few years and I say that somehow figure in the overall cost per player calculations they do.
“In the end the foreign kids make the same money if they become starters on a major team, but they start at a much lower salary for the first few years and I say that somehow figure in the overall cost per player calculations they do.”
I’d believe that.
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