Now baseball, it just isn't as popular in the U.S. anymore. It's way more popular in Japan, Dominican Republic, etc. A lot of U.S. sports fans find it boring. (Guilty as charged.)
And young black athletes are even less interested. I think MB is down to about 6% U.S. black players.
They play baseball with more passion in Japan, South Korea and the Dominican Republic.
Baseball feels scripted in USA.