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Sheffield has theory why fewer blacks play MLB
ABC News ^ | 06/03/07 | staff

Posted on 06/03/2007 9:31:25 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

The percentage of African-Americans playing Major League Baseball is at an all-time low and Gary Sheffield says he has a theory why that's the case.

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In an interview with GQ magazine that's currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers designated hitter said Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; hispanics; mlb; racecard; sports
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1 posted on 06/03/2007 9:31:26 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

I thought it was the heat.


2 posted on 06/03/2007 9:32:52 AM PDT by Perdogg (congratulations - you have just won an ipod nano)
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To: Kid Shelleen

It’s that Evil White Man thing again.


3 posted on 06/03/2007 9:34:12 AM PDT by Seeking the truth (Freep Gear & Pajama Patrol Badges @ www.0cents.com)
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To: Kid Shelleen

So to cut to the chase - Baseball is a team sport.


4 posted on 06/03/2007 9:34:18 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: Kid Shelleen

5 posted on 06/03/2007 9:34:32 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I buy gas for my SUV with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
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To: Perdogg
I thought it was the heat.

...or the shoes.

6 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:08 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: Kid Shelleen
Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control.

Uh, if rebellion is on your mind when you walk out on the field, maybe THAT's the reason they don't want you.

7 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:22 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“there ain’t no English going to be coming out.”

Good grief.


8 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:25 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: Kid Shelleen

How to win friends and influence people.


9 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:34 AM PDT by rocksblues
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To: Kid Shelleen

They obviously hired this guy for his brains. /s


10 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:35 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Kid Shelleen

What a dope.


11 posted on 06/03/2007 9:35:39 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: Kid Shelleen
No Sheff, the current dearth of "African American" MLB players is simply due to the fact that, as a group, they're not as interested in baseball as they once were. ....especially in comparison to basketball and football. The reasons for this are varied, but marketing has a lot to do with it.
13 posted on 06/03/2007 9:36:24 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Kid Shelleen

Latinos doing the job blacks don’t want to?


14 posted on 06/03/2007 9:36:35 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: rocksblues

Next headline: Sheffield Plunked by Puerto Rican Pitcher


15 posted on 06/03/2007 9:37:07 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: Kid Shelleen
..."but there ain't no English going to be coming out...",/i>

Not really any English coming out of Gary Sheffield either. It's not often you see the words "theory" and "professional baseball player" or "athlete" in the same story. Now we know why.

16 posted on 06/03/2007 9:37:14 AM PDT by conservativeharleyguy (Technically, we're all Republicans.)
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To: Kid Shelleen
What a moron. "because they are easier to control"? The funny part is that his race-grievance theory ("it's discrimination against my race, because my race is like ____") is totally racist ("Latins are easier to control!").

He says he knows a lot of blacks who are at home who can outplay Latins who are playing. So he thinks that GMs intentionally release superior baseball players for inferior ones for the sake of being able to "control" (whatever that means) them?

This jackass makes X'ty million dollars a year, why doesn't he buy a baseball team and grab up all that wasted talent then. Supposedly he has identified an undervalued resource out there, the black baseball player who's sitting at home because he "can't be controlled". If he believed in his half-baked racialist theory, that's what he'd do.

I can't believe I even wasted that amount of brain cells on this stupid quote however.

17 posted on 06/03/2007 9:38:15 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: Always Right

Maybe Bud Selig should be the head of INS..


18 posted on 06/03/2007 9:38:38 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (La Raza is Spanish for Tan Klan)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Ya, I don't want people offering me millions of dollars to play a game to tell me what to do.

Not rocket scientist material.

19 posted on 06/03/2007 9:39:03 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: PeteB570
Sheffield is a POS. We had him in Milwaukee for a while. He wanted to be traded and refused to put any effort in his performance. He was horrible to young fans who approached him. Hasn’t their also been questions about steroids with him. I’d say if we only see black Latin faces it’s because they are better players.
20 posted on 06/03/2007 9:39:04 AM PDT by mimaw
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