Why do you think there aren't many blacks in baseball today?The #'s of blacks in baseball is down.Its only 8%
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make sure you watch the second part of espn in which they will give the reasons as to why that is.In the MLB currently, who are the top 3 teams with the best bullpen and the botttom 3 worst?
my guess...black athletes gravitate towards other sports and not baseball, waaaay more money in basketball and bigger hype and notoriety in football. just a guess.Why are the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cardinals, Phillies and Houston Astros all wearing number 42?
The teams started recruiting more latino's at the same time basketball became a better paying sport.The top athletes have simply moved on.
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That number is being filled in by Hispanics and Asian, probably.That is because it's not Cool like basketball or football,, it's just not thug enough! oh ya maybe that's why they call Baseball the gentleman's sport!
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I would definatly Say because basketball and football are much more exciting to them. Baseball is more a stationary sport and not quite as athletic and can be a lot more boring With a lot more successful African Americans in Basketball and football it would only make more sense.Blacks are just not as interested in baseball as much as they used to be. A lot of people say that baseball doesn't market itself to African-Americans, but I think that baseball has lost a lot of its popularity in general. Football and basketball are great spectator sports, and great athletes will play those instead of baseball. ESPN seems to think that baseball is racist, but that's not it at all. Baseball is perceived as being a slow, mellow sport, while Football and basketball get a lot of exposure as fast paced, exciting sports. Young people will choose those instead. Because African-Americans are not playing baseball as much, you are seeing more and more Latin, Japanese, and other foreign players.
"It's never been this low in the history of baseball"? You do realize that next Sunday is the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut, and that he was the first black player in MLB since the 1880's.
Now that you've had that very brief history lesson, let's answer your question.
They're playing other sports, particularly football and basketball. For years, MLB pretty much ignored the concept of growing the game from the ground up, and this is one of the results. This has opened the way for players from around the world.
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Well it can't be about the money because baseball players get paid a ton of money. I think it is because there are more hispanic players now than there ever was before.holly cow if you look the black athlet has grown in all sports basketball mike bibby is like the closest thing to white but football name 5 wr that arent black thats right they have football and basketball and their are many black baseball players last time i checked their the best players
u got d train barry bonds guys like carl crowford cc sabathen mariono rivera k rod vlad come on half the all star team is black other half is mixed dont say their is way to many white guys cuz thats bull we may make up most of the sport but were not as out going as the black athlet
That's easy-lack of participation, and its been this way for about the last 3 decades. Black kids are gravitating towards basketball and football much more so than baseball. Check out Tampa Bay, though. They have some of the best young African-American baseball talent all together on one team. Elijah Dukes, Delmon Young, BJ Upton and Carl Crawford-tho Crawford is more established. Perhaps when the Rays' fortunes rise as a team and they get more exposure in the media, it might get the attention of some young black athletes and get them thinking about excelling in baseball.
The incorporation of Latinos and Asian players is the reason for the decline. I'm willing to bet this year is the lowest percentage ever for caucasion players too. The MLB is now a world wide leage. Its not as easy to make it to the majors as it was 50 years ago when you had to be the best in the US. Now with the Latino and Asian players making a huge contribution, you have to be one of the top player sin the entire world.
The whole "its not exciting enough" or "theres more money on other sports" is grabage. If an African American player loves the game of baseball and is good enough to play for a GM who thinks he gives them a chance to win, it will happen. And the same goes for any nationality.
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I find 8% really hard to believe. What are the other percentages? The percentage for Latin/Hispanic sure must be WAY up. I don't know the politically correct term. Okay, I looked it up and the article I read says last year it was 17% and Hispanics were 20%. It also said Blacks are tuning in to other sports and not baseball. Basketball and football mostly. I sure don't know why, though. It can't be the money. Myabe there is more status from football and basketball.honestly there aren't that many more whites. the game is majority players from peurto rico, venezuela, and countries like that
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Why don't we ask why there are so few white players in the NBA? Or why only 3 out of 10 players in the NFL are white?What would the answer be?Nearly 30% of MLB is Latino/Hispanic, and the number is growing. They have made tremendous strides in the past decade, and have produced outstanding ballplayers. Why have they been able to do it, and the black community have not?
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Black people are raised liking football and basketball generally.It has nothing to do w/ racism.More Questions & Answers...