A-rod says baseball needs more African Americans

[Samori Toure]

Was talking to my dad about this years ago.. He pretty much said that black players accomplished everything they said we couldn't and much more in the sport so our attitude towards baseball has become more

Your pops is right. African American players were literally the greatest players in the history of the game. They were the epitome of 5 tool players that baseball executives crave, but baseball also made Black players feel unwelcome. Now baseball ratings have tanked, because they don't have exciting 5 tool African American players anymore.

 

[Samori Toure]

Black baseball died when Black fatherlessness escalated in the 80s.

Fathers teach baseball. Catch between dad and son is a ritual.

Those suburban Little League programs featured this week on ESPN are run by dads.

LOL. Y'all dudes pick a nonsensical theme and y'all just keep going with it.

Actually baseball died in African American communities when football expanded into the spring. In the old days the same guys that played football in the fall would then turnaround and play baseball in the spring. Then to make matters worse by the time baseball is finishing up in late summer, the football practice has already started. There didn't use to be much of a problem in the old days, because the football coaches were usually the baseball coaches too. Now days football coaches are becoming more specialized and they are monopolizing kids time even in the offseason.

Here are some famous baseball players that used to also play football:

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[King]

There were a ton of stars while I was growing up, word to Eddie Murray, ken Griffey Jr, and Barry bonds. We were breaking records left and right with Hank Aaron, Lee Murray, and Ricky Henderson.

Brehs from the 80s onward just became less interested. I also think kids just became more specialized in one sport since the 90s.

High school Basketball kids got the winter season and summer AAU, football brehs play in the fall and just run track to get faster on the field, etc ...

That actually isn’t the truth.

The significant decline of black home ownership, mass incarceration, and gentrification is why black people no longer play baseball.

It is inaccessible to the average black kid.

 

[tuckgod]

If we're being honest, brehs aren't interested because baseball is ridiculously boring.

I don't know if I've ever sat thru an entire baseball game in my life

Sounds like you've never played one either.

 

[Cladyclad]

I’m played mlb the show with my nephew who was like 16 or 17 at the time. Mind u he play sports and watch sports. My nephew didn’t know not one damn rule in baseball.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

I'm not impressed by other men's physique

not my style.

Okay.

 

[1thouwow]

I’m gonna push for my son to get into baseball. I’ve personally never even been to a batting cage or know beyond the basics of the sport.

 

[Pimp]

Baseball 162 games a year not including the playoffs. I want days off. Baseball there's no time limit. You can play 17 innings.. Hell naw.. There's overtime in every sport but it's easier to get the game over.. Baseball is boring.. No slam dunks, no hard hits..

 

[315]

I thought people were talking about “Field of Dreams” because they were remaking the movie

 

[TEKBEATZ]

To many racist cac fans. I'm good

 

[CashmereThoughts]

whatever sport black peoeple play we dominate.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Nah brehs got it all wrong

we’re not interested in baseball growing up because it’s an expensive ass sport.


Uniforms, bats, gloves, a bunch of equipment, all the traveling, etc

now basketball and football does traveling too but the demand for equipment yearly isn’t as aggressive

its not the cool sport. none of our heros are playing that. if there was a bunch of superstar black atheletes in baseball it would be different.

 

[MikelArteta]

Baseball also one of the sports it’s hard to play by yourself . Basketball all you need is a hoop, football can just get a friend to throw a ball to you or play anywhere . Baseball you need a field

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

LOL. Y'all dudes pick a nonsensical theme and y'all just keep going with it.

Actually baseball died in African American communities when football expanded into the spring. In the old days the same guys that played football in the fall would then turnaround and play baseball in the spring. Then to make matters worse by the time baseball is finishing up in late summer, the football practice has already started. There didn't use to be much of a problem in the old days, because the football coaches were usually the baseball coaches too. Now days football coaches are becoming more specialized and they are monopolizing kids time even in the offseason.

Here are some famous baseball players that used to also play football:

Some of us do not believe that the mass removal of Black fathers from our everyday households can be distilled down into a "nonsensical theme" without devastating effects.

I will repeat: Baseball is a sport passed down from fathers to children via culture and organization (Little League management).

It is the only sport that has its national tournament featuring 11 and 12 year olds, featured on the premium sports network (ESPN) over a two week period.

Biologically and physiologically, women cannot throw a baseball overhand with significant velocity. Only men can teach that to a boy.

Our Black boys have been deprived of the valued ritual of simply playing catch with dad on a regular basis. In baseball, every player must be able to throw the ball with force and accuracy.

Without Black dads, we've wound up with generations since the days of Willie Mays/Hank Aaron dominance, who cannot manage even a basic toss.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

I'm not impressed by other men's physique

not my style.

Where did the male body observation of "scrawny" first generate in this thread? Oh, I remember...

we played football growing up

baseball was for you scrawny people