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Why are there so few Black American players in MLB 74 years after Jackie Robinson took the field?
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 04/01/2021 | Earl Smith and Marissa Kiss

Posted on 04/01/2021 5:12:28 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

Seventy-four years ago, in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Major League Baseball’s first African American player in the modern era: Jackie Roosevelt Robinson. This historic moment is celebrated as the formal “integration” of Major League Baseball (MLB). For three decades after Robinson broke the “color line,” there was a steady increase in American-born Black players taking the field. But this year, on opening day, 2021, just 7% of players on MLB rosters are American-born Black athletes.

What has happened to the Black American baseball player?

---snip--- At the heart of the matter is money. MLB invests tremendous financial resources into building the human, social, and cultural capital of players born outside the U.S., particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America that it does not invest in low-income Black (and white) players in the United States

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To: Kid Shelleen

Because blacks don’t play midnight baseball, they play midnight basketball.


41 posted on 04/01/2021 5:49:20 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
When I came up football was still the game white guys would play. Most whites, except me and a couple others, had given up on bball.

Bball has become a "black sport" with baseball being more of a white sport....maybe more Hispanic.

But now, most white boys back home don't want to play football. Started with my brother's group. They just wanted to ride around and drink beer. They had cars and the brothers didn't. Pretty simple economics at play.

42 posted on 04/01/2021 5:49:44 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Kid Shelleen

Funny how these pundits seldom if ever ask why there are so few white players in the NBA and NFL. Racism is clearly a one-way street.


43 posted on 04/01/2021 5:49:54 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Kid Shelleen

Because baseball is the antithesis of affirmative action.


44 posted on 04/01/2021 5:51:57 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Kid Shelleen

Maybe because baseball is boring.


45 posted on 04/01/2021 5:52:49 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Kid Shelleen

Why are there so few white players in the NFL? The Reverend Jessie Jackson taught us all how to pay attention to skin color in everything.


46 posted on 04/01/2021 5:52:56 PM PDT by odawg
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To: dirtboy

Not to mention Hockey.


47 posted on 04/01/2021 5:54:34 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: a fool in paradise

Post covid and woke those salaries are gonna take a hit. It will be interesting to see how hard. Sports will be living in interesting times.


48 posted on 04/01/2021 6:01:56 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Kid Shelleen

7% of MLB being black is in line with black males making up around 6% of the US population. Also, blacks are more interested in basketball and football.


49 posted on 04/01/2021 6:04:33 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I grew up admiring Reggie Smith and despising Reggie Jackson. Ozzie Smith, Dwight Gooden, George Foster, Rickie Henderson, Lee Smith for great talents, and lesser players like Willie Montanez, Manny Mota, George Scott come to mind. But those men played like every other man since Hank Aaron, with barely a mention of race because it wasn’t much of an issue any more.


50 posted on 04/01/2021 6:05:31 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Because black America youths don’t play baseball as children. And frankly, it’s a hard game to master. Baseball used to be a way up for young black men; football and basketball have supplanted it.


51 posted on 04/01/2021 6:08:19 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Here’s my guess..

Baseball is a slower sport and requires much more thought, patience, and discipline to both play and watch.

You don’t get the immediate gratification of a 3 point shot and the high fiving - fist & hip bumps every 30 seconds.

This isn’t a “race” issue, it’s a generational issue.
White kids with their faces glued to their phones prefer other sports than baseball as well.

Football has the exact same problem with its incredibly long 4 hour games.

I bet they both die out within 20 years.


52 posted on 04/01/2021 6:08:31 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Kid Shelleen

Not that anyone outside of Ontario is asking about it, but
Black Curlers are highly underrepresented.
What are we going to do about it? //


53 posted on 04/01/2021 6:08:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Kid Shelleen
MLB invests tremendous financial resources into building the human, social, and cultural capital of players born outside the U.S., particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America that it does not invest in low-income Black (and white) players in the United States...

MLB does not need to do that in the United States; high school, American Legion, and college level ball all address that.

54 posted on 04/01/2021 6:10:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Kid Shelleen

This professor of gender studies must have something to say about hockey. Are we not building enough hockey rinks in the hood? Or do we run the risk of displacing the basketball courts in the hood that feed the NBA with 85% of their players although Blacks are only 13% of the population. When does all this racial whining stop?


55 posted on 04/01/2021 6:10:31 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Hispanics displaced them, as is happening in many fields of employment.

Yes....

56 posted on 04/01/2021 6:10:54 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

why play in the hot summer for 3-4 hrs when you can earn a lot more money in a climate controlled gym for 2 hrs....


57 posted on 04/01/2021 6:12:56 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: maddog55
Who gives a shxt? Why do people care? Why is this “someone’s” issue?

You got me....

58 posted on 04/01/2021 6:13:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: yuleeyahoo
7% of MLB being black is in line with black males making up around 6% of the US population.

Yes, but the last time I checked, 100% of the players in MLB are males.

There are plenty of players in MLB of African descent, but a lot of them were born outside the US. But American-born black players seem to be disproportionately represented in the "all-time" lists. Of the 9 players who have hit more than 600 home runs, 2 are whites, 4 are American-born blacks, and 3 are Hispanics.

59 posted on 04/01/2021 6:20:10 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: JBW1949

“60% White players/coaches
13% Black players/coaches
18% Hispanic players/coaches
6% Asian players/coaches”

So is the other 3% left for the faggots and “gender confused”?


60 posted on 04/01/2021 6:20:43 PM PDT by oldvirginian (The glass is half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking. The 2020 election is proof.)
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