I feel like I should care about this but I don’t. Baseball just ain’t it for a lot of the black kids.
My thing is all the Dominicans be looking like us so even if not African American they still black.
This is the dumbest shit i have read in a while. He is basically saying MLB is anti black bcuz they don't like niggas celebrating after a good play. He makes it sound like that's all niggas bring to the game is showmanship. Foh. The reason blacks are not playing baseball is bcuz they don't take up the game in their youth. It's a very expensive game to try to get kids started in. Also football and basketball are just more popular in most areas. There are thousands of high schools that don't even have baseball teams.
They aren't the Ken Griffey and barry bonds types. The homegrown in america type.
A lot of those players are Latino before being black, if they even claim black.
I mean yea it’s a different culture but it ain’t like we are that interested in baseball out of big three sports it’s the most boring.
This.
Compared to the other two bigger leagues.. MLB hasn't made any REAL effort bring interest to their sport from black folks.
Outta the 3...its the only one still tryin to hold on to whateva old traditions it has left. I went to one MLB game years ago. Granted I enjoyed myself...but it didn't turn me into fan.
To be fair, the NBA and NFL don't do anything to endear themselves to Black people. In fact, you could argue the opposite. A lot of the actions those leagues take are basically done to distance themselves from the blackness of the players. At the end of the day, baseball isn't as athletic or as exciting a sport, so it doesn't interest a lot of black people.
What????
Brotha look at the NBA for exactly. It's damn immersed itself in the black culture. From the style...look...the products....the programs...etc. etc.
Yeah they tried to distance themselves from that years ago. But all that did was made us Pivot another directions to where now they've just accepted it. I've seen a LOT more effort wit them than the other 2 league.