Changing diversity: Astros first Series team in half-century without black player

AP (via Yahoo) ^ | October 25, 2005 | BEN WALKER

[starfish923]

The Astros are the first World Series team in more than a half-century with a roster that doesn't include a single black player.
That is flat-out false. There are several black players on the Astros WS roster. While there may not be any African-Americans, there are four African-Dominicans, all of whom look to be to some degree of the Negro race:
L to R: Ezequiel Astacio, Wandy Rodríguez, José Vizcaíno, Willy Taveras

Details, details.

That shows you how deeply imbedded is the racism, albeit REVERSE RACISM, in our culture. And it's not imbedded only in the African-American "community"; it's imbedded in all "communities" who are part of the recent American self-hate "community."

[starfish923]

I bet those Dominican Astros must be laughing uproarously at the stupid gringos who think that the fact that they speak Spanish means that they aren't black. Wait until Ezequiel Astacio tells his buddies back home that he apparently became a Caucasian when his plane landed in Houston!

Stupid is right. Stupid, racist and deeply involved in "America is always wrong" self-hate.
Hmmmm, sounds like The Lefties to me and I don't mean the beisbol lefties.
Sleazywood, are you listening? I doubt it.

[starfish923]

The pool of African-American players just isn't there. And as baseball becomes more college-oriented in its draft, there aren't a lot of players to pick.
Funny I don't recall the NFL ever mentioning this as a problem. If African Americans want to play there's nobody stopping them from trying

You are correct.
It's ONLY when football and basketball became COLLEGE oriented that black players became so prevalent in the pros. It was BECAUSE colleges were recruiting young black males to play for their college teams.....regardless of their academic fitness.

Also funny, why aren't college BASEBALL teams predominantly black, like so many college FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL teams are?

Details, details. The devil's in the details.

[Charles Henrickson]

Also funny, why aren't college BASEBALL teams predominantly black, like so many college FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL teams are?

Follow the money: Revenue. Scholarships.

[Rakkasan1]

midnight baseball program ping

[starfish923]

Follow the money: Revenue. Scholarships

Scholarships....harhar, for someone who ISN'T a scholar but can manipulate a ball. What a colossal joke.