I say mandate T-ball for the major leagues. Problem solved.
Posted on 08/14/2021 6:16:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Just when you think the accusations of racism can't get any more absurd, this ridiculous headline pops up on Yahoo!Sports: "MLB umpires show discrimination against non-white players, according to new study."
That's right. You read it correctly. Major-league umpires are racist, and it's based on allegedly erroneous ball and strike calls and which player benefits from the errant call.
"A new study suggests MLB umpires discriminate against non-white players, according to Hank Snowdon, a student at Claremont McKenna," wrote Chris Cwik from Yahoo!Sports. "The study used balls and strikes data from the past 13 seasons to determine the rate of missed calls against certain players," Cwik continued. "Snowdon determined which should-be strikes were called balls, which balls were erroneously called strikes and then looked at the race of the umpire, batter and pitcher. What Snowdon found was that umpires made more advantageous calls when their race was the same as the person receiving the advantage."
The difference of the alleged racist calls amounted to a grand total of 0.3 percent, something so minuscule that even a professional race-baiter like Al Sharpton likely wouldn't have noticed. Not until a woke college student at Claremont McKenna made an issue out of it, that is.
To give Mr. Snowdon the benefit of the doubt, he's a white youngster from a brainwashed generation that's been indoctrinated for years to see white racism around every corner and under every rock, as well as within his own being. He no doubt despises himself and sees conducting idiotic "studies" like this as a type of racial penance. So I forgive your stupidity, Mr. Snowdon, as you're an obvious victim of your racist environment.
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“Seldom wrong, never in doubt.”
When the majority is discriminated against . . . Come to think of it, that’s pretty much America right now.
You can hit a ball or you can’t. The only question with mlb umpires is some of their strike zones. Never new they had a color…
How to correct this? Easy. Allow black players 4 strikes instead of three. It’s only equitable.
Never new they had a color
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Umpires do..........BLUE
My new tagline says it all.
strikes are racist except when a black is pitching
I knew it! Blacks should never ever have a called third strike. /s
I say mandate T-ball for the major leagues. Problem solved.
I see it all now. Racism and covid are strongly correlated. They both are everywhere. Ready to strike at any moment.
Baseball is all racist. Because the ball is white.
Tell the student at Claremont McKenna, to stick it where the sun don’t shine. 😀
Doesn’t matter the race, Angel Hernandez is gonna mess the call up
Everybody’s “racist”. Get over it and move on.
Nothing is perfect in this world, but America is WAY ahead of whatever is in second place. Don’t let the Delusional Lying Leftists distract you from the 90% that’s wonderful and good about America by focusing on the 10% that’s flawed and not perfect.
How I hate the Delusional Lying Left who hate America not because these hypocrites hate “racism” but because they hate freedom.
a smaller home plate for the victims of racism?
or they could have whites only/blacks only sections marked on the plate
Don't worry though, it won't be long 'til there will be a robot who calls balls and strikes and takes that goofy subjective human aspect out of the game.
People will say "What did we ever do without them?"
“Hank Snowdon, a student at Claremont McKenna”
And what was mister Snowdon’s expertise and methods of determining which umpire calls were wrong? Who appointed him as the god of “correct” batting calls?
Most likely the only “expertise” mister Snowdon had was his own political bias to find racism, by incorrectly determining his “rate of missed calls” to fit the outcome he desired.
The fact is that probably most people Officiating professional sports are racists so the only solution is banning pro sports. /s
For some strange reason I have a suspicion that Snowdon looked at the race of the umpire, batter and pitcher and then determined which should-be strikes were called balls and which balls were erroneously called strikes.
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