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October 27, 2005
Maybe Houston lost because they are too white....
A friend sent me this article about the "crisis" in MLB. Apparently, there is a growing sentiment that there aren't enough African-Americans on the rosters.
But I tend to agree with my friend:
I know you aren't a baseball guy but this article really isn't about "baseball" per se. I guess what troubles me about this article is that A) People are going around counting the number of each race on each team; and B) that there doesn't seem to be any sort of concern about the number or thereof of caucasians on the rosters of other sports. Shouldn't it all be about who the best is for the sport or position? Since the growth of baseball is coming from the college draft should we start diluting the academic and talent "bars" thereby creating more "opportunity"? I just can't figure out what these people want. Does everything need to have a quota attached?
And if this article is correct, and approximately 9% of the major leaguers are African-American, then is there really a crisis? 9% is pretty much representative of the population as a whole, isn't it? [Ed: African-Americans comprise approx. 12% of the population as a whole] Still, 9% isn't far off.
What about the number of whites in the NFL and NBA. We don't see white commentators bemoaning the lack of white players, do we?
Has it ever occurred to anyone that blacks simply choose not to play baseball? Egads! Life choices governed by free will, not determined by the cool of their skin! It's radical, I know.
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