I could put together a team of Black athletes and beat the brakes off an MLB team in 3 years. League fell off once they got rid of Black players. The steroid era was used to combat the loss of Black talent. The game became boring and they even had to change the rules to make it more exciting. People got bored of home runs and strike outs. They want to see speed on the bases and personality. Black people should start their own community operated independent clubs.
The only game I play on ps5 is MLB the Show - baseball my first love too - My teams always almost all black and I play the way the game is supposed to be played. Contact,speed, pitching, defense etc. (not throwing/homeruns and strike outs all day. No disrespect but the Latin/south american etc community never gonna cause problems (speak out on ANY issue. Just gonna play and have fun. Game is boring STRIKEOUTS and HOMERUNS!!!
@@OpinionsOnly979 the GMs had to compensate for the lack of talent by turning every player into a home run hitter since white players are useless on the bases. They had all these slow guys who couldn’t even go 1st to 3rd on a double. Couldn’t steal. So unless they were hitting jacks they were 🚮. Even guys like Lindor are only good because they started overcompensating with power and had a few good seasons before being figured out. Plus a contact team would feast off all these fast ball pitchers. Just make solid contact. No need to swing hard.
@@davruck1 you got a very solid point.. seems like it’s some sort of NBA “3 or key “ concept but in baseball only it isn’t analysts making the decisions smh .. very good point
Historically, FBAs are really the only group of people that we'll tell truth to power to these WS. everybody else put their head down and says yes, Sir boss.
This is foolishness. FBAs aren’t playing baseball bcuz they don’t want to. Baseball has never been attractive to FBAs I remember losing interest especially bcuz nobody that I grew up playing baseball with continued to play
@@future_teknokrat7585y’all are trippin. A bunch of excuse makers. The competition is getting better but we’re not playing like we used to bcuz we have so many other options for entertainment. Kids aren’t even outdoors like they were in the 90s
@@tboog8356YOU trippin' Being in denial has never helped anything. A former star major leaguer is just imagining things that he sees with his own eyes huh?
@@yolo25000 A former major league BASEBALL player. There are plenty of public basketball courts, and AAU is replete with young Black BASKETBALL players. And the football fields are full of BLACK athletes. Baseball is just a boring sport, that Black kids don't want to play by and large. They're both being shut out, as much as not going in that direction in the first place.
I was a kid in the 70's and we played baseball on empty lots in the city. There was no baseball fields for kids downtown. However across a bridge from us were 3 fields for another community for little league. When I visited Cincinnati there weren't any nearby, but in the suburbs they existed. Same was the story in San Diego, and they were MLB cities. The guys I know who made the majors in the 80's excelled in HS, played in university, then got drafted. We had minor league baseball here. In fact the 2 major league players from here I remember were Ron Darling and Willie Randolph.
I'm 62 years old. I remember in the 70's when leather sneakers was becoming popular all the recreation centers shut down all the baseball programs in the black companies. They started supporting the Caribbeans with practice facilities and equipment. Nike, Puma, Converse, Adidas etc, while we started buying these expensive sneakers they where phasing us out. Now look at our politics, Movies now, look how the NBA is starting to look. I'm glad someone like you see this. They are replacing us. We buy their shoes they support none threatening black.
you are so full of it. Nobody is replacing you. Competition is making you work harder and you are too lazy to do it. You think you should be handed a spot in the NBA because you are black. Get over yourself. If there is a Chinese basketball player that is better than a black player, don't blame the system. And don't give me that BS that the best players aren't getting jobs. NBA teams just want to win. There is no quota on white players or black players on any team. Just good players. Quit beggin
More like the game got much more global. Look at basketball, there's more and more non-american players getting into the nba. It's not a intentional "let's replace these black players", there's just more competition and naturally the league will be more diverse. Nobody's out to get you.
@@limitedbom2206 Glad you commented on a video and my comment that you disagree with. And make no bones about it, I didn’t say anybody is out to get us or anyone. It’s about neglect. See someone like you who perhaps is American will not have a problem with globalization or immigration but will have a problem with illegal immigration politically in the country. Which basically is the same tactic and procedure because baseball imitates life. It’s all about cheap labor. Someone like yourself wants to bring up the 2020s’ but ignore 1982 and before. You want to start in the present day instead of stepping back into history. But when it’s any other topic you’re willing to back into history to understand things better. While, MLB has been trying to get more blacks involved using RBI (Reviving Baseball Inner Cities). However baseball is a game where you need land, and space like in rural areas. Because there are wild throws, foul balls and mistakes that happen. The problem with baseball and inner cities don’t mix. But this is where many blacks were relegated to after the great migration especially after the factory jobs dried out and corporations took their jobs overseas for cheap labor In the 20th century when you consider the negative impact of redling, blockbusting, the housing covenants, homes being destroyed due to the highway commission act of 1956 (it gutted black communities). On the contrary, consider the suburbs being created after the second world war that helped many white communities. So this external stimulus (which sustains poverty) impacted schools, zoning, healthcare, arts and yes, even Baseball. Understanding this prolonged exposure to poverty, baseball and other activities that blacks used to do when there was more space and room to make mistakes. Those traditions and skills used to be passed down. Today baseball is viewed as a suburban sport like soccer. But in the suburbs with Perfect Game, little League and other leagues, more money and community, financial support is provided. I know I was one of the few blacks living in a suburban community in the 1980’s playing in these leagues. There is space for multiple fields, multiple batting cages, lights for night games, volunteers, safe communities and great sponsors. You won’t get this in the inner cities. Again, players of old like Aaron, Mays, Banks, Frank Robinson, McCovey, Billy Williams, Brock they had rural areas growing up playing on a field or farm. That’s the ideal environment for baseball. Like Mantle growing up on a farm. But the outside (external) stimulus that impacted black families' environment (due to racism) along with the lack of personal responsibility has created a lack of black americans in baseball. Also some zoning laws don’t allow for an inner city black community to get a little league charter, it’s like the zoning laws for schools that get manipulated. So they are not being developed like the other youth. They are athletes, but baseball is a different type of sport to play). It’s really not about the money, because poor people in Latin America play and love the game with lack of resources, but they have enough space and area to play. All Justice was talking about was to use the same energy (resources) that you do down there in Latin America, but do it for the actual American’s in this country. Again black americans were the ones responsible for integrating the game in the first place. So just like immigration has been used to replace the black after the civil war (Irish, Germans, italians), history occurred again after the civil rights act (hispanics). The same tactic was done in baseball, let's replace the black americans with the cheap labor we get from players in DR, PR, Ven, Cuba.
@@flame-sky7148 my comment was referring to the decline in black American players in todays mlb. I don’t think the availability is the issue, I don’t think there some import of cheap players that teams are searching for to replace black players, I think the main factor is the interest in baseball is at an all time low. That’s not just for black Americans, I’d say that’s a cultural shift. Baseball attendance, tv viewership, everything is declining in the American baseball market. If you want to feel like it’s because a bunch of oppressive issues or some outside force is blocking the opportunities to play, then I’m not sure what to tell you because I don’t think there’s anything I could say to change that. I’m not from a city so I’m not going to pretend like I know what it’s like there, but I just think the general interest in baseball has been way down now and it’s shifted to football, basketball, and now soccer too. That’s just my opinion, if you disagree that’s fine but that’s just what I’ve noticed because the number of local baseball teams and interest where I’m from has decreased a lot and it seems to be the case in a lot of places.
@@limitedbom2206 Oh I do know that its a lack of interest, and that's PART of the issue. Also I know you are referring to today, of course, of course you're talking about today, today. You don't want to talk about the past (oppressive issues), that impacts to day in away more important things other than sport, of course. And of course, you "don't think." Players in latin america are being drafted. They are being signed as free agents for a few thousand of dollars and this has been going on for decades. Unlike the Japanese players (model minorities) who are paid millions just to get contracts negotiated from an Asian club including a hefty salary. MLB has had facilities in the DR since the 1980's for over forty years, therefore you are seeing the product of player development that takes over a decade, you're going to see an increase. So stop with the no cheap labor argument. Now if MLB had placed those facilities (like Justice mentioned ) in the black community along with schools instead of gun. store, liquor store, gun store..... you may get more of an interest or outcome. Again it's not "someone going out to get them" anymore, it's neglect. Neglect is just as bad. Baseball's interest has decreased nationally because it didn't invest in the grassroots. The NFL has a connection with college football and high school football. You can follow the players from each stage. With football there is a investment in the grassroots or poor people in this country. But in baseball, I don't see a lack of interest in the suburbs, I see involvement, because there are fields and facilities. It's a bad look if you facilities in the DR (foreign country) from each MLB team signing kids at 15,16,17 years of age from the 1980's vs. no facilities within your own country. Yea, I will disagree with you to the very end.
@@limitedbom2206 Of course you are referring to blacks in MLB today, of course. So as usual, you don’t want to hear about or discuss the past. And correct, there is a lack of interest in baseball in general. The reason why I disagree with you is that I can look at the past, say like the 80’s and understand why it resonates to “today.” We understand the quota system that was put into place in 1982 that was mentioned in this video. And this was around the same time that MLB started putting facilities and academies in the Dominican Republic, the 1980’s. So this has been going on for over 40 years. They sign these guys at the age of 16,17… as free agents, meanwhile when they want a player from Japan to come to the USA, they have to spend tens of millions just to negotiate a contract, including giving them a premium salary. So it is cheap labor when you consider what they sign the players in latin america as free agents for a few thousand dollars. This has been thoroughly covered in many documentaries and is documented. But I don't see a lack of interest in the suburbs, I see involvement and facilities (little leagues, Perfect Game, Legion ect). There is more land and space. Like Mr. Justice was talking about , if they can have facilities in the DR with fields and schools outside of the country, well then they could have done the same for the individuals within this country (but they won't). It’s okay for people from other countries to get a hand out. And this is where I disagree with you, because I am willing to discuss history, while you just want to talk about today. But let it be another topic of something that you agree on, and you’ll be willing to go over the history and not be so focused on “today.” And yes, it’s been a cultural shift in many things because of what is promoted and adapted amongst black people. For instance there is a street culture with many things. In the 1940’s-50’s jazz music was the thing, and now it has shifted for a while it's been hip hop. Look at its promotion on billboards, commercials radio. I feel football is promoted more, plus there is a connection from college to the NFL.
The best player in baseball is still BLACK AMERICAN. ARRON JUDGE. MY first love was baseball. My father to this day has a autographed photo of Reggie Jackson on his desk. FBAs dominated the game. 5 of the top 10 run hitters are BLACK AMERICAN including the top 2. BARRY BONDS AND HANK ARRON. IF THE TRUTH WERE TOLD ABOUT BABE RUTH IT WOULD BE THE TOP 3.
the answer for every thing Black is to give them something for free. How about earning it. How about quit crying like little girls and actually play pee wee baseball, high school baseball, minor league baseball and the then the Major Leagues. You think these players just got there because they are white. Typical BS
I’m 54yrs old and I Loved playing Baseball as a kid!! Now my 13U son is playing Baseball as well!! He’s been the only black player on his team for a while now. You see this is the Travel Ball Organization as well, they never put more than 2-3 Black players on a team for the season. @Dark Black Magic you should do a deep dive into the Travel Baseball and you’ll be shocked to learn this is going on at this level!!
@@DarkBlackTimes - Black youths are not playing baseball like they used to back in the 60's and 80's. I grew up in NYC from the 1965 to 1983 before leaving to attend college from 1983-1987, but as the 80's began to roll in, Blacks began focusing more on basketball and football, because the fable of "going to the pros" was more obtainable. When it came to baseball, it was clear from the rip you would have to work your way through the minor league system, and even if you had the talent, you might find yourself stuck in Triple A due to the talent already on an MLB team. So Black parents (mostly mothers) pushed their sons into playing football and basketball, notably with the city and private donations having long dried up to fund baseball teams for the many NYC housing projects. The reality is for most Hispanic youths in these 3rd World Countries, if they are looking for a way out for them and their family, they have a choice of soccer or baseball (notwithstanding boxing); not basketball nor football. And for a number of HBCUs, the only way they are able to field a team is by recruiting non-Black players. My former HBCU team for the 2023-2024 season has a White head coach, and two White assistant coaches. And out of a roster of 31 players, 8 players are ADOS, 9 are Hispanic, 1 is Southeast Asian, 1 is Japanese, and 11 are White. It's not baseball's fault there has been a shift in sports interest. Sorry, but Blacks don't have a lock on baseball; the interest has shifted elsewhere.
Why do FBAs wait on other people to do things? There are plenty of FBAs former baseball players who have money who could do what MLB is doing. Why don't we do it
@Bornpoe America is a contient. You confuse the "United States of America" with America. When that name was just for a trade and commerce corporation that George Wessyngton got from a Spanish official that was based the action of our noble families uniting their kingdoms. Still temporally displaced?
@@AtmaureanNoble7 the north American negro is like no other. We the only group that wanna clump everybody in wit us, that’s has to stop. The love is ALWAYS one way.
Foundational Black Americans are not...that many in MLB, because that's way MLB want it! I used to love the sport, but I haven't watched a game in years, there's no reason to now. The Latin, and other non-Foundational Black Americans players will never be able to replace what Black Americans bring to professional athletics.
This started in the 80s when the NBA took off with Bird/Magic and Jordan. I remember black kids even then start turning the nose up at MLB in favor of NFL and NBA. Baseball just hasn’t been sexy enough for modern day black folks like it was pre-civil rights era. We don’t like ‘boring’ or ‘slow’. Baseball is both 🤷🏾♂️
And it's crazy too because they would rather go far outside of the U.S. instead of helping black americans, the natives of U.S. That's how you know they don't want to help us at all.
@@potentially__9445 when I was kid young black children played baseball like it was no tomorrow then Michael Jordan came along and they put down the sunflower seeds and baseball cards for a basketball shoes and a hoop dream
Exactly, when given a choice we go to football or basketball. For example, Kyler Murray had a choice and went with football. Baseball is a lot harder but it is guaranteed money and you have a better chance for a longer career, imo. You see a lot of baseball fields in our communities for it to be on the radar in college much. You see more appreciation for the game in other countries, which is why you have so many foreign players. At some point we have to step and shut up if we want more of us in the game, imo.
Not true different groups excel at different sports, basketball and football are designed for fast play running and jumping and quick acceleration the other sports are more skill based which means they are based on the time you dedicate to it and less on athleticism especially soccer and to a lesser extent rugby both also require endurance which west Africans and their descendants have less of
@@josephgonsalves8579 I didn't stutter I said what I meant and that exactly why your ancestors kept us out the professional leagues so long because they knew they couldn't compete on a fair playing field you know it to you little troll 😜
Excellent report. This is very disturbing and infuriating that no one is talking about. Including foreign players in media. There is no excuse for not helping the lower classes here! None!
The Argument is weak. There are already pipelines in America via little league, elementary /high school baseball ,minor leagues, college ball etc . Baseball is just not as appealing to Black youth anymore, compared to Basketball, NFL. The same argument with Boxing, the youth is not as interested anymore. Attention span has something to do with it also, the game is slow and strategic. Same issue with Soccer in America. Unfortunately many want instant gratification in the form of constant scoring, constant "big plays" and defense and don`t want to see a pitching duel for 10 innings or a 90 minute plus overtime soccer game in America. These are some of the true issues. Everything is not a race conspiracy.
Yes, insidious indeed but MLB is getting Black Talent from the Caribbean, Central and South America and getting prospects on the cheap as they are essentially plantations with the cash crop being ball players.
Sorry, but the talent pool is deeper in those Latin and Caribbean countries. Soccer and baseball are #1 and #2 sports. While Jaiquan is over at the park shooting basketball with his friends in Detroit emulating Steph, Lebron, or Durant, Gilberto and his friends are either on some patch of dirt playing soccer or baseball emulating their sports heroes. Though I grew up in the old NYC emulating the talents of name like Rod Carew, Willie Randolf, Reggie Jackson, Ozzie Smith, Tim Raines, and Dave Parker, MLB is a ghost town distance when it comes to interest in Black households where for many, you'll find the boys playing basketball or football on their Xbox/PlayStation and community league/school league.
Your point is scarily poignant: Those Latin players can be more easily manipulated by agents and officials. Sort of like the Dennis Haysbert's character in the movie "Heat".He was taken advantage of by his boss financially,having yo kick back part of his pay because he was an ex con.You want in I want part of your pay for life.
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 - The Latin players are better. Sorry, but it's a numbers game. The more of a certain race/ethnicity you send down the shoot, the more you'll end up in the pros. It's no different than ice hockey. The more Blacks you send down the shoot, the more will end up in the NHL. If you have 200 Blacks every year working their way up the college and junior's circuit with the talent to make a formable name for themselves, you'll end up with more on an NHL roster every season. The Latin youths are focusing on soccer and baseball, while the Black youths are focusing on basketball and football.
@@thespadestable I came up at a time when MLB was 24 percent Black American 1970s. You must invest in baseball,glove bat uniform space to play,MLB decided to invest in Latin cats,so be it,I haven't watched baseball since they colluded against Bonds so he couldn't reach 3000 hits.But honestly I really don't dig any sports anymore.Thanx for the reply
I was born and raised in NYC from 1965-1983 during the time when Yankee's baseball drew more talk than Knicks/Nets basketball, and Jets/Giants football. Also, I played baseball in high school, and two years in college, not excluding played softball while in the Army, and continued playing softball off and on till about 45 years of age. So, I know baseball. You clowns keep talking about "must invest in baseball" when it's stupid to throw money at something that will not get a return on its investment. Black churches have no problem fielding basketball teams, because they know they will have a sizeable turnout. Baseball fields that were not being used have eventually been purchased by builders, and the land around it have been turned into commercial property or housing which generates revenue for the city and or county. That's not the NBA, the NFL, nor the MLB's job to invest in grassroots efforts to get more Blacks into the sport; it's the job of the community to do the investment. You clowns are doing all of this crying, but I've yet read any of you all pledge $50k to a local predominately Black high school or HBCU in you all's areas to help support their baseball programs. All I hear is what "The White Man" needs to do. GTFOH!!
same thing they did in baseball they trying to do across the table in the nba and nfl, ask yourself why the nfl is now recruiting in africa, we already see the nba pulling more and more from the foreign pool. the writing is on the wall
Mikeb8497 I'm confused explain yourself NFL recruiting in Africa what colleges play football in Africa you the first person to lay claim to this name me some players that the NFL recruiting I'm lost
Or you could embrace the competition and show people what you are made of. Instead of crying and using excuses. Do you think you are entitled to a roster spot because you are black. Work for It
I am not black American but was born in the USA to Caribbean parents. I’ve noticed the replacement of FBA in just about every realm whether sports , actors (British blacks) are replacing black Americans. My heart goes out to FBA as you guys have always showed love after a being bullied. It was like right of passage . I have noticed in the northeast the work ethic of black Americans is nothing to be desired and like all Americans people complain about everything. We are now in a global economy and everything is intertwined. I hope you guys get back to take what is owed to you. I will stand by and fight for your rights . I remember a black friend taught me to love the game back in my childhood early 80s. Now my kids have returned to my cultural sport soccer ⚽️. I have to say USA is the place to get money and leave or come on vacation. I am sure you guys don’t have that option
You lost your minds. There are more black actors than ever. Ther are more black directors than ever. There are more black politicians than ever. Quit spreading BS
I think it comes down to us being priced out. My dad said that the neighborhood rec center that he used to go to as a kid would provide bats, gloves, helmets, and a field to play ball on. We don’t really see that in the inner city anymore. And for those black kids who decide to try and pursue it it’s not just the equipment which already cost a lot but travel ball, hotels, flights, etc. I think this combined with kids from our community looking at basketball and football as being easier and for some more fun to play has contributed to the ones who are good at the game and probably could go places as a baseball player choosing the pill or the rock.
Because inner city leagues are plagued with gangs and theft. Park cannot keep baseball equipment, or ping pong tables with paddles because they get ripped off. That is not being priced out. That is not the white man holding you down. But if you play baseball in high school you do not need travel money or equipment (except for a glove) You need your own glove but you can always use a bat and there is always a ball. The players you are talking about that play travel ball are so good people sponsor them. Does not matter race. Do you think there are poor white kids that make it to the major leagues. I bet there are. Quit telling young black people what they can't do and tell them what they should try to do
@@josephgonsalves8579 who’s robbing dudes of baseball equipment bro let’s be honest unless you’ve seen it yourself. Not saying it never happens but all the time tho? Think some of what you said is true but you also assuming a lot. And I think also YES it is the league ran by white men’s fault that the game has not always been as appealing or fun to black youth. All the “unwritten rules” and “learning to respect the game” get old after awhile and drive kids away meanwhile they see CJ Stroud hit his “Squabble” in the endzone with his teammates or see Steph shimmying on defenses after hitting 3s on the court. They are just now starting to let players breathe a little bit when it comes to showing emotion but will it get black kids back into the game? Idk hopefully it does. But ignoring what David Justice said to Keyshawn Johnson about scouts keeping black players to a minimum in their league is ignorant. They were scared of us and banned us for our talent. And then we took their game over and became the best at it.
MLB was my first sport. I remember in the 70s when it was nothing but great Black players. Now I haven't watch a game in about 10 years. The NBA is active in Africa and Europe.
Because Blacks, as a collective, will completely dominate these two sports as well. That's why whites gatekeep in making gold and hockey very expensive and difficult with which to initiate and establish contacts.
You have to have some ice to play ice hockey. You won't find any here in Georgia unless you live in an affluent area with a rink. I'm pretty sure maybe a couple exist here.
I run a pee wee baseball league and if the kids dont have enough money we come up with it. Half the team is black. They play baseball soccer and basketball. The black families have more money than the white families sometimes. Plus you don't need a penny to play in high school. You don't like competition because you are lazy and want something given to you for nothing. Work for it. Quit teaching young black people to dependent on someone else. They can be whatever they want to be. Unless they listen to you
"They made hockey and golf expensive to get into"? I played Ice and roller hockey from 12-14, then again picked it back up my sophomore year of college, then off and on till I was 50 years of age (I'm now 59). What Blacks don't hear are the stories from White players up in Canada and the Northen US states where their fathers worked double shifts, or their mothers worked double shifts and did without certain things all for the sake of their child or children to play ice hockey. Not only are the equipment expensive, but you're also dealing with specialized equipment from head to toe, and the facilities have their own expenses occurred keeping the facility in at least decent order. Not that many Blacks have heard of ice facilities causing injury to players due to boards not being in place properly, chicken wire and nets being used as substitute for glass above the boards, or carbon dioxide poising due to shabby ventilation systems because owners were cutting cost. Very few of the male and female players in professional golf came from rich or well to do backgrounds. Far too many came from average working households, and their parent(s) found ways to pay towards used equipment, the lessons, and the tournament entry fees. Negro, there is a world outside of Blackistan.
Sad to say but we have walked away from the game also. It takes more than 3on3 or 5on5 to effectively play baseball. And a step further you cant sit in your driveway or put up a rim on the side of the street and practice your jump shot. The time and equipment it takes to better your skills at baseball takes resources and a lot of time. Then with the advent of aau sports it has become super expensive to play baseball as a youth. This comes from a person that loved baseball until i got to high-school and couldnt hit the ball, then came football and track. I still love a good pitchers dual though.
The Atlanta Braves has a really good player in Michael Harris. He is from the Atlanta area too. He is one of the best young center fielders in MLB. He's on the injured list right now.
All American players are subject to the draft. Foreign players are not. The Dominican players that a team has in their academy would eventually get into their farm system if they are good enough. The Yankees are not going to build an academy in the US to train players who could get drafted by the Red Sox or Mets.
Fba players come with fba culture and values. Especially in the era of social media. Having the face of baseball tweeting about police brutality is a direct conflict of intetest to mlb's wealth structure
When I started watching baseball in the late 70's early 80's, their were alot of black players in baseball. I was a Yankee fan and they had players like, Oscar Gamble, Roy White, Chris Chambliss, Reggie Jackson, Dave Windfield, Wille Randolph, Mickey Rivers and many others. They made it a mission to get blacks out of baseball. They replaced us with Latin players. But MLB is making it right with the RBI program. They are consciously trying to get more black kids into baseball
the reason why they're building facilities in venezuela, puerto rico, dominican republic, is because Hispanic or Latin American players (whatever shade of color they're) are talented just like Black and White American baseball players, that's the reason. now, regarding what Terence Moore said that MLB was trying to fade out African Americans from baseball, that's wrong.
They rely on the school system in the US and let me tell you. Most of us are 1 or 2 black kids on a team and feel like an outcast. It was literally I’m the best player and got treated as the worse despite being very likable. Even if they like you some coaches got connections and some don’t. You need a good summer team to get recognized or a good pvt school and everybody doesn’t get that.
I'm from the Bronx and i would pass thru a baseball field everyonce in a while and watch little league baseball. Never noticed the disparity of the lack of black kids playing. I moved to a area E. Tremont ave ( Arthur Park) and there a baseball field there but very little baseball being played there. One day there was a big parade on Tremont and it ended at the ball park. A game ensued and a young kid from my building was playing and he was African American, and he was the only black kid playing among a group of latino kids. I think that most black kids i knew grow up with thought baseball was boring. If kids knew what i knew it might be boring but its safer than football and pays more than basketball. And the quota narrative doesnt make any sense. Why deny having great black players to help you win?
Now David Justice made some great points but it all boils down to intrest. Most black Americans especially the younger generations just dont find baseball interesting enough. With that lack of interest of course the mlb isn't going into infest time and money. Now with the college nil deals especially in football and basketball black American interest in baseball is even more in jeopardy. The only hope is for former black American players is to go into black American communities and start leagues to develop talent and intrest which then can maybe draw the attention of the mlb.
We got too many 5’8” Black kids thinking they’re going to the NBA. That’s fine, we all have dreams. The problem is, their parent think they’re going to the NBA as well. They ain’t gonna make a JC roster. The money you’re gonna spend on travel basketball is the same money you can spend on travel baseball.
It's also the sport where the most money is made by the players.. The MLB union is the strongest of all major sports.. The NFL has the weakest union of all major sports.. So football which is dominated by Black Americans make far less money per athlete.. Not to mention it is the most dangerous.
Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Steph Curry, etc. can’t come together with a project that produces Black baseball players? This is part of our problem: we’re always asking white to do better before we can get better.
But we (Black Americans) helped make it great. They pulled us in from the “Negro” Leagues (we did it on our own) only to essentially blackball us later. Satchel, Hank, Willie, Frank, Jackie, Eddie, Barry, Ken, Roy, Ricky, Reggie, Ozzie, Dusty, Dwight, etc. Should have just left us alone.
The same purposeful distain and neglect, can be said for the institutes of learning. They can build prisons, and create bias specialize laws that target BlackMen. You know 3 strikes your out; pun intended (life in the gray bar hotel). But they will not build more and better learning facilities, nor enrich and inspire people too want to become teachers - better teachers!!!
@Dark Black Magic Frank Thomas, Ricky Henderson, Bo Jackson, Doc Gooden, Dave Stewart, Ozzie Smith, Ron Gant, Brian Jordan, and Shawon Dunston were some other bdusacs/"black" (non-immigrant) players I remember from that era... at least I'm pretty sure they weren't foreigners. I'm bdusacs and baseball was the first ORGANIZED sport I can remember playing. I was also better at it than the other two major sports although I was pretty decent at the other two. I think I myself could have benefitted from those CAMPS and SPECIAL FACILITIES that those high IQs/meritocrats had access to. Our high school field was kind of janky/sub-par, haha!
Ken Griffey Junior is widely considered one of the best baseball players ever by people of all races. He could have been the GOAT if he didn’t get injured in Cincinnati. During his prime he was one of the most popular athletes on planet earth. He was all over TV ads and had his own video game. What exactly is being erased? This is just more nonsense from effeminate Dark Black Magic Channel. He WANTS there to be racism where none exists.
Probably they see it as opportunity to get good players for cheap from outside the U.S. The fact that these players from other countries who don’t view themselves as black just sweetens the deal. The Major Leagues looking at it that these guys will be less of a liability too cause they just have a different culture if you know what I mean.
If we look at all the last names on many of the Jerseys in all 3 major sports you will clearly see that the "foreign" blk players are being heavily invested into, no just the Caribbean & Latin America either but Afrika too. NBA is investing heavily in Basketball Afrika even showing games on NBA TV. The Gentrification of work & finance & keeping Blk ppl as far away from the top in large numbers is the name of this game. Buffer class warfare tatics
But we (Black Americans) helped make it great. They pulled us in from the “Negro” Leagues (we did it on our own) only to essentially blackball us later. Satchel, Hank, Willie, Frank, Jackie, Eddie, Barry, Ken, Roy, Ricky, Reggie, Ozzie, Dusty, Dwight, etc. Should have just left us alone.
The reason MLB is in the Dominican Republic is simple, they can develop a superior athlete who will be ready to play sooner rather than later. Steroid use is legal in the DR. MLB won't build baseball academies in Puerto Rico, a US Territory, because the US Federal would investigate. MLB won't build badeball academies in Cuba because the government is Communist. This is why the majority of baseball players who are getting busted for steroid use mostly come from the DR. MLB is conveniently looking the other way. They will never build academies in the US nor target African Americans. This is more about making as much money as quickly as possible.
I dont think the poor athletes in other countries have to deal with the drugs and drive by shootings .,that american kids have to deal with now.The schoolyards and playgrounds have become to dangerous.
One : African American population is arround 12-13 % of the total US population. Latinos of all races r 20% of the total US P. We have (Latinos) a diferent aproach to race(I'm more Black than Justice).Keep in mind slavery was abolished in mos Hispanic countrys diring the 1820s(exeptions Cuba,Brasil and PR -1898). In 1865,the president of Dominican Republic was Black (Grwgorio Luperon)while here in America,a civil war was taking place about slavery. Got the point ?
@@yusefnegao Slavery was never abolished in the Spanish colonoies. Black Cubans and Puerto Ricans use scape by boats to the Dominican Republic till the medle of the 1890s. The strugles in Latin América are about class(admitting thet people of European or midle Eastern ancestry are the De facto rulers of all Hispanic América, Despite that only Cuba,Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil have a large White population). We as Black Latinos,dont denie our Africanity,but keep in mind that in my case(DR),there is not a single home without a Black father and a White mother. We r all triple mix. The "one drop rule" only apply on Germanic societys
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 unfortunately class and race are connected a rich black Latino would have just as hard as poor black getting a lead role on a telenovela or newscast but that’s not my point and like I said I believe Puerto Rico abolished slavery in 1873 Cuba 1886 and Brazil there was no legal slavery in the Americas in the 1890s
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 mestizo take the place of white in some countries and in others they combine their white and mestizo populations like Colombia or Chile but I’m getting off topic
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 the struggles in the USA are also class there is no legal segregation in the USA if you see it as race then that’s your perception and if someone sees it as race and not class then that’s their perception but legally there is nothing stopping any of the non European communities in any of the countries in north or South America any argument you can make about police violence prison population numbers of arrest numbers of non white in media or whatever you can make in countries in all of the Americas not just USA
What's easier to find? A court or a baseball diamond? What's easier to find a football field or baseball diamond? What's easier to find a running track or baseball diamond? Don't buy they don't want blacks....they want ball players that give them the best chance to win. A scout wants a ball player. I am 56 and played baseball in college. I have often thought the same thing. Build me a facility in the hood and let me work with the players. Half of HBCUs baseball rosters are non black. If a black youngster would consider playing and if he is better than average he can get his school paid for. One more thing, the Latin players don't need a facility built for them to play. They love the game. Now the vegetation allows for grass allowing them probably a place to play
The real reason black Americans aren't playing baseball is because of the expenses of travel leagues and the path to the Majors is way longer than the NFL/NBA. To make real money after graduating HS, you have to put in time in the Minor League system and then the MLB, even if you are the most talented. Most HS kids start off at either Single A or AA which is still 3 and 2 steps from MLB baseball. Then if you make a MLB roster, you're locked in for 6 years at $740k per year. After 3 years, if you're putting up numbers in the MLB you can go to arbitration to get paid more for the next 3 years. Typically a talented football/basketball players outta HS has to play 3 or 2 years, respectively, in their college sport to then get drafted where they'll get paid decently off a rookie contract. And this is all w/o NIL and advertisement money that are more available to NFL/NBA players...
Man black people stop liking baseball when like the 90s hit and stop participating so yeah that’s what happened nothing else ! black ppl still don’t fw baseball and it’s like my all time fave sport of em all , especially to play
I think that the former players, celebrities need to bring back the negro leagues. Ice cube started a separate league. I've noticed an increase in immigrants' names in basketball 🏀 and football, too.
Damn... Ain't that the truth. There must be 100 kids in Baltimore who would make the majors if they had someone to invest in them.. Then there is Washington DC.
Thats a lie… Americans are so privileged and full of it …You guys have state of the art everything in EVERY SPORT… Go look at that big ass stadium and facilities the Orioles have around Baltimore there is nothing stopping Black Americans from training there 😂
No surprise here . . .BASEBALL is the one sport you don't need to be athletic to play . . . You can be trained to play every position . . . Any real athlete sticks out . . . The owners want to pay you well and have you go home to your island after that . . . No more Majic Johnson, Michea, Jordan's or LeBron James . . . Players that could use there platform /voice to change a community or make business moves . . .
It’s beyond sad but they did it to themselves! Its cutting of your nose…… Growing up in the Bay Area California, Baseball was our first love. MLB has drained all the resources from the black community and gave it to ungrateful Latinos. They show no allegiance for the people who paved the way. There will be no change until they invest in the black community directly and unencumbered particularly the black fathers. Imagine the talent we could’ve had? Maybe Dwight Howard is a pitcher. Or Jaylen Brown at SS don’t even get me started with Lebron at C. Or Serena playing softball.
Making it all about race is in itself racist. I thought we would move beyond that. Great players come from all backgrounds. Very sad. I love baseball and don’t see color because I’m not racist
I could put together a team of Black athletes and beat the brakes off an MLB team in 3 years. League fell off once they got rid of Black players. The steroid era was used to combat the loss of Black talent. The game became boring and they even had to change the rules to make it more exciting. People got bored of home runs and strike outs. They want to see speed on the bases and personality. Black people should start their own community operated independent clubs.
The only game I play on ps5 is MLB the Show - baseball my first love too - My teams always almost all black and I play the way the game is supposed to be played. Contact,speed, pitching, defense etc. (not throwing/homeruns and strike outs all day. No disrespect but the Latin/south american etc community never gonna cause problems (speak out on ANY issue. Just gonna play and have fun. Game is boring STRIKEOUTS and HOMERUNS!!!
@@VincentKing-hx9svyou said it best bro .. The game just isn’t fun to watch. Seems like everyone is chasing the same prototype
I won't disagree nor agree
@@OpinionsOnly979 the GMs had to compensate for the lack of talent by turning every player into a home run hitter since white players are useless on the bases. They had all these slow guys who couldn’t even go 1st to 3rd on a double. Couldn’t steal. So unless they were hitting jacks they were 🚮. Even guys like Lindor are only good because they started overcompensating with power and had a few good seasons before being figured out. Plus a contact team would feast off all these fast ball pitchers. Just make solid contact. No need to swing hard.
@@davruck1 you got a very solid point.. seems like it’s some sort of NBA “3 or key “ concept but in baseball only it isn’t analysts making the decisions smh .. very good point
RIP Willie Mays 24!
Historically, FBAs are really the only group of people that we'll tell truth to power to these WS. everybody else put their head down and says yes, Sir boss.
Well said, we are the warriors of the earth. And wt folk are the villains.
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The delineation continues
This is foolishness. FBAs aren’t playing baseball bcuz they don’t want to. Baseball has never been attractive to FBAs
I remember losing interest especially bcuz nobody that I grew up playing baseball with continued to play
Facts
They doing it with basketball too. Building facilities overseas
Hardly any public basketball courts.
@@future_teknokrat7585y’all are trippin. A bunch of excuse makers. The competition is getting better but we’re not playing like we used to bcuz we have so many other options for entertainment. Kids aren’t even outdoors like they were in the 90s
@@tboog8356YOU trippin' Being in denial has never helped anything. A former star major leaguer is just imagining things that he sees with his own eyes huh?
@@yolo25000 A former major league BASEBALL player. There are plenty of public basketball courts, and AAU is replete with young Black BASKETBALL players. And the football fields are full of BLACK athletes. Baseball is just a boring sport, that Black kids don't want to play by and large. They're both being shut out, as much as not going in that direction in the first place.
When I was about 15 in the 70's they stop allowing us to play on the baseball field anymore. They are replacing us everywhere including politics.
I was a kid in the 70's and we played baseball on empty lots in the city. There was no baseball fields for kids downtown. However across a bridge from us were 3 fields for another community for little league. When I visited Cincinnati there weren't any nearby, but in the suburbs they existed. Same was the story in San Diego, and they were MLB cities. The guys I know who made the majors in the 80's excelled in HS, played in university, then got drafted. We had minor league baseball here. In fact the 2 major league players from here I remember were Ron Darling and Willie Randolph.
But Dominicans are black….
We not being replaced we spend all our money on foolery today. You know how many 30 to 50 year old BM pay big money for a Play station and such ???
Man I'm white and all I want is everyone to do what they enjoy in life. Either you can or you can't play. I'm a man of liberty not equality.
@@checkdown3774 You can't have liberty without equality.. That makes no sense..
I'm 62 years old. I remember in the 70's when leather sneakers was becoming popular all the recreation centers shut down all the baseball programs in the black companies. They started supporting the Caribbeans with practice facilities and equipment. Nike, Puma, Converse, Adidas etc, while we started buying these expensive sneakers they where phasing us out. Now look at our politics, Movies now, look how the NBA is starting to look. I'm glad someone like you see this. They are replacing us. We buy their shoes they support none threatening black.
Its a war tactic. Why support your enemy
you are so full of it. Nobody is replacing you. Competition is making you work harder and you are too lazy to do it. You think you should be handed a spot in the NBA because you are black. Get over yourself. If there is a Chinese basketball player that is better than a black player, don't blame the system. And don't give me that BS that the best players aren't getting jobs. NBA teams just want to win. There is no quota on white players or black players on any team. Just good players. Quit beggin
Yea, I’ve noticed this for years. The quota system. In American life, the immigrant is brought here to replace the black, just like in baseball.
More like the game got much more global. Look at basketball, there's more and more non-american players getting into the nba. It's not a intentional "let's replace these black players", there's just more competition and naturally the league will be more diverse. Nobody's out to get you.
@@limitedbom2206 Glad you commented on a video and my comment that you disagree with. And make no bones about it, I didn’t say anybody is out to get us or anyone. It’s about neglect. See someone like you who perhaps is American will not have a problem with globalization or immigration but will have a problem with illegal immigration politically in the country. Which basically is the same tactic and procedure because baseball imitates life. It’s all about cheap labor. Someone like yourself wants to bring up the 2020s’ but ignore 1982 and before. You want to start in the present day instead of stepping back into history. But when it’s any other topic you’re willing to back into history to understand things better.
While, MLB has been trying to get more blacks involved using RBI (Reviving Baseball Inner Cities). However baseball is a game where you need land, and space like in rural areas. Because there are wild throws, foul balls and mistakes that happen. The problem with baseball and inner cities don’t mix. But this is where many blacks were relegated to after the great migration especially after the factory jobs dried out and corporations took their jobs overseas for cheap labor In the 20th century when you consider the negative impact of redling, blockbusting, the housing covenants, homes being destroyed due to the highway commission act of 1956 (it gutted black communities). On the contrary, consider the suburbs being created after the second world war that helped many white communities. So this external stimulus (which sustains poverty) impacted schools, zoning, healthcare, arts and yes, even Baseball. Understanding this prolonged exposure to poverty, baseball and other activities that blacks used to do when there was more space and room to make mistakes. Those traditions and skills used to be passed down.
Today baseball is viewed as a suburban sport like soccer. But in the suburbs with Perfect Game, little League and other leagues, more money and community, financial support is provided. I know I was one of the few blacks living in a suburban community in the 1980’s playing in these leagues. There is space for multiple fields, multiple batting cages, lights for night games, volunteers, safe communities and great sponsors. You won’t get this in the inner cities. Again, players of old like Aaron, Mays, Banks, Frank Robinson, McCovey, Billy Williams, Brock they had rural areas growing up playing on a field or farm. That’s the ideal environment for baseball. Like Mantle growing up on a farm. But the outside (external) stimulus that impacted black families' environment (due to racism) along with the lack of personal responsibility has created a lack of black americans in baseball. Also some zoning laws don’t allow for an inner city black community to get a little league charter, it’s like the zoning laws for schools that get manipulated. So they are not being developed like the other youth. They are athletes, but baseball is a different type of sport to play). It’s really not about the money, because poor people in Latin America play and love the game with lack of resources, but they have enough space and area to play. All Justice was talking about was to use the same energy (resources) that you do down there in Latin America, but do it for the actual American’s in this country. Again black americans were the ones responsible for integrating the game in the first place.
So just like immigration has been used to replace the black after the civil war (Irish, Germans, italians), history occurred again after the civil rights act (hispanics). The same tactic was done in baseball, let's replace the black americans with the cheap labor we get from players in DR, PR, Ven, Cuba.
@@flame-sky7148 my comment was referring to the decline in black American players in todays mlb. I don’t think the availability is the issue, I don’t think there some import of cheap players that teams are searching for to replace black players, I think the main factor is the interest in baseball is at an all time low. That’s not just for black Americans, I’d say that’s a cultural shift. Baseball attendance, tv viewership, everything is declining in the American baseball market. If you want to feel like it’s because a bunch of oppressive issues or some outside force is blocking the opportunities to play, then I’m not sure what to tell you because I don’t think there’s anything I could say to change that. I’m not from a city so I’m not going to pretend like I know what it’s like there, but I just think the general interest in baseball has been way down now and it’s shifted to football, basketball, and now soccer too. That’s just my opinion, if you disagree that’s fine but that’s just what I’ve noticed because the number of local baseball teams and interest where I’m from has decreased a lot and it seems to be the case in a lot of places.
@@limitedbom2206 Oh I do know that its a lack of interest, and that's PART of the issue. Also I know you are referring to today, of course, of course you're talking about today, today. You don't want to talk about the past (oppressive issues), that impacts to day in away more important things other than sport, of course. And of course, you "don't think." Players in latin america are being drafted. They are being signed as free agents for a few thousand of dollars and this has been going on for decades. Unlike the Japanese players (model minorities) who are paid millions just to get contracts negotiated from an Asian club including a hefty salary. MLB has had facilities in the DR since the 1980's for over forty years, therefore you are seeing the product of player development that takes over a decade, you're going to see an increase. So stop with the no cheap labor argument. Now if MLB had placed those facilities (like Justice mentioned ) in the black community along with schools instead of gun. store, liquor store, gun store..... you may get more of an interest or outcome. Again it's not "someone going out to get them" anymore, it's neglect. Neglect is just as bad. Baseball's interest has decreased nationally because it didn't invest in the grassroots. The NFL has a connection with college football and high school football. You can follow the players from each stage. With football there is a investment in the grassroots or poor people in this country. But in baseball, I don't see a lack of interest in the suburbs, I see involvement, because there are fields and facilities. It's a bad look if you facilities in the DR (foreign country) from each MLB team signing kids at 15,16,17 years of age from the 1980's vs. no facilities within your own country. Yea, I will disagree with you to the very end.
@@limitedbom2206 Of course you are referring to blacks in MLB today, of course. So as usual, you don’t want to hear about or discuss the past. And correct, there is a lack of interest in baseball in general. The reason why I disagree with you is that I can look at the past, say like the 80’s and understand why it resonates to “today.” We understand the quota system that was put into place in 1982 that was mentioned in this video. And this was around the same time that MLB started putting facilities and academies in the Dominican Republic, the 1980’s. So this has been going on for over 40 years. They sign these guys at the age of 16,17… as free agents, meanwhile when they want a player from Japan to come to the USA, they have to spend tens of millions just to negotiate a contract, including giving them a premium salary. So it is cheap labor when you consider what they sign the players in latin america as free agents for a few thousand dollars. This has been thoroughly covered in many documentaries and is documented. But I don't see a lack of interest in the suburbs, I see involvement and facilities (little leagues, Perfect Game, Legion ect). There is more land and space. Like Mr. Justice was talking about , if they can have facilities in the DR with fields and schools outside of the country, well then they could have done the same for the individuals within this country (but they won't). It’s okay for people from other countries to get a hand out. And this is where I disagree with you, because I am willing to discuss history, while you just want to talk about today. But let it be another topic of something that you agree on, and you’ll be willing to go over the history and not be so focused on “today.”
And yes, it’s been a cultural shift in many things because of what is promoted and adapted amongst black people. For instance there is a street culture with many things. In the 1940’s-50’s jazz music was the thing, and now it has shifted for a while it's been hip hop. Look at its promotion on billboards, commercials radio. I feel football is promoted more, plus there is a connection from college to the NFL.
The best player in baseball is still BLACK AMERICAN. ARRON JUDGE. MY first love was baseball. My father to this day has a autographed photo of Reggie Jackson on his desk. FBAs dominated the game. 5 of the top 10 run hitters are BLACK AMERICAN including the top 2. BARRY BONDS AND HANK ARRON. IF THE TRUTH WERE TOLD ABOUT BABE RUTH IT WOULD BE THE TOP 3.
I would have to go with Mookie Betts.
@@beaujac311 Numbers don't lie.....it's. Arron Judge
@@sionrouge1697 Hey, we both win in this argument. I'll call a truce.
@@beaujac311 mookies hand was broken on purpose. MLB needs to check that
@@sionrouge1697numbers show it’s ohtani
They have to bring back the Black American Baseball League.
the answer for every thing Black is to give them something for free. How about earning it. How about quit crying like little girls and actually play pee wee baseball, high school baseball, minor league baseball and the then the Major Leagues. You think these players just got there because they are white. Typical BS
I’m 54yrs old and I Loved playing Baseball as a kid!! Now my 13U son is playing Baseball as well!! He’s been the only black player on his team for a while now. You see this is the Travel Ball Organization as well, they never put more than 2-3 Black players on a team for the season. @Dark Black Magic you should do a deep dive into the Travel Baseball and you’ll be shocked to learn this is going on at this level!!
I believe it. I've seen some things myself. They are very protective of "their" sport.
@@DarkBlackTimes I was wondering if you could or would be able to share what you have seen?
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Black youths are not playing baseball like they used to back in the 60's and 80's. I grew up in NYC from the 1965 to 1983 before leaving to attend college from 1983-1987, but as the 80's began to roll in, Blacks began focusing more on basketball and football, because the fable of "going to the pros" was more obtainable. When it came to baseball, it was clear from the rip you would have to work your way through the minor league system, and even if you had the talent, you might find yourself stuck in Triple A due to the talent already on an MLB team. So Black parents (mostly mothers) pushed their sons into playing football and basketball, notably with the city and private donations having long dried up to fund baseball teams for the many NYC housing projects.
The reality is for most Hispanic youths in these 3rd World Countries, if they are looking for a way out for them and their family, they have a choice of soccer or baseball (notwithstanding boxing); not basketball nor football.
And for a number of HBCUs, the only way they are able to field a team is by recruiting non-Black players. My former HBCU team for the 2023-2024 season has a White head coach, and two White assistant coaches. And out of a roster of 31 players, 8 players are ADOS, 9 are Hispanic, 1 is Southeast Asian, 1 is Japanese, and 11 are White.
It's not baseball's fault there has been a shift in sports interest. Sorry, but Blacks don't have a lock on baseball; the interest has shifted elsewhere.
They took down all the basketball goals from outside parks in different parks of Texas where black ppl stay at too
While they continue to funnel in European players like crazy.. The replacement is beginning..
during covid
We should make our own league again
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Why do FBAs wait on other people to do things? There are plenty of FBAs former baseball players who have money who could do what MLB is doing. Why don't we do it
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They place josh Gibson of the negro league as the best player ever. They all Spanish speaking black dudes getting the glory thats cool we the same.
We not the same don’t disrespect my American lineage!!
They not like us
@Bornpoe America is a contient. You confuse the "United States of America" with America. When that name was just for a trade and commerce corporation that George Wessyngton got from a Spanish official that was based the action of our noble families uniting their kingdoms.
Still temporally displaced?
My man ask them if they think they're the same and then speak on this AGAIN
@@AtmaureanNoble7 the north American negro is like no other. We the only group that wanna clump everybody in wit us, that’s has to stop. The love is ALWAYS one way.
Excellent Topic dear brother again outstanding content ! !
Foundational Black Americans are not...that many in MLB, because that's way MLB want it! I used to love the sport, but I haven't watched a game in years, there's no reason to now. The Latin, and other non-Foundational Black Americans players will never be able to replace what Black Americans bring to professional athletics.
There isnt a demand for baseball , espcially in thr Black Community.. hell HBCUs have rosters with mostly non black players
This started in the 80s when the NBA took off with Bird/Magic and Jordan. I remember black kids even then start turning the nose up at MLB in favor of NFL and NBA. Baseball just hasn’t been sexy enough for modern day black folks like it was pre-civil rights era. We don’t like ‘boring’ or ‘slow’. Baseball is both 🤷🏾♂️
Blk kids started seeing the money made up front, unlike baseball while u are in the minor league..
You definitely never played
It started with the ABA helping the NBA
It started with travel baseball and the financial requirements to be competitive.
@@bigdaddy3621 yes baseball and ice hockey are hella expensive nowadays
I know it's off topic, but maaaaaaaan! Barry's swing was a thing of beauty! 2:25 Short, compact, and powerful.
That Nas Beat Slowed Down In The Opening Was Banging
And it's crazy too because they would rather go far outside of the U.S. instead of helping black americans, the natives of U.S. That's how you know they don't want to help us at all.
Truth be told Black Americans gave up their baseball culture
It was a combination of things, not just what we did.
@@potentially__9445 when I was kid young black children played baseball like it was no tomorrow then Michael Jordan came along and they put down the sunflower seeds and baseball cards for a basketball shoes and a hoop dream
Just like jazz, blues, etc. If we don’t keep it, it will go where its wanted.
Exactly, when given a choice we go to football or basketball. For example, Kyler Murray had a choice and went with football. Baseball is a lot harder but it is guaranteed money and you have a better chance for a longer career, imo. You see a lot of baseball fields in our communities for it to be on the radar in college much. You see more appreciation for the game in other countries, which is why you have so many foreign players. At some point we have to step and shut up if we want more of us in the game, imo.
They know everything we touch and get a fair shake in we dominate
Not true different groups excel at different sports, basketball and football are designed for fast play running and jumping and quick acceleration the other sports are more skill based which means they are based on the time you dedicate to it and less on athleticism especially soccer and to a lesser extent rugby both also require endurance which west Africans and their descendants have less of
WTF
@@josephgonsalves8579 I didn't stutter I said what I meant and that exactly why your ancestors kept us out the professional leagues so long because they knew they couldn't compete on a fair playing field you know it to you little troll 😜
Darryl Strawberry Dwight Gooden and Mr October my favorite childhood Baseball players
Excellent report. This is very disturbing and infuriating that no one is talking about. Including foreign players in media. There is no excuse for not helping the lower classes here! None!
The Argument is weak. There are already pipelines in America via little league, elementary /high school baseball ,minor leagues, college ball etc . Baseball is just not as appealing to Black youth anymore, compared to Basketball, NFL. The same argument with Boxing, the youth is not as interested anymore. Attention span has something to do with it also, the game is slow and strategic. Same issue with Soccer in America. Unfortunately many want instant gratification in the form of constant scoring, constant "big plays" and defense and don`t want to see a pitching duel for 10 innings or a 90 minute plus overtime soccer game in America. These are some of the true issues. Everything is not a race conspiracy.
Yes, insidious indeed but MLB is getting Black Talent from the Caribbean, Central and South America and getting prospects on the cheap as they are essentially plantations with the cash crop being ball players.
Sorry, but the talent pool is deeper in those Latin and Caribbean countries. Soccer and baseball are #1 and #2 sports. While Jaiquan is over at the park shooting basketball with his friends in Detroit emulating Steph, Lebron, or Durant, Gilberto and his friends are either on some patch of dirt playing soccer or baseball emulating their sports heroes.
Though I grew up in the old NYC emulating the talents of name like Rod Carew, Willie Randolf, Reggie Jackson, Ozzie Smith, Tim Raines, and Dave Parker, MLB is a ghost town distance when it comes to interest in Black households where for many, you'll find the boys playing basketball or football on their Xbox/PlayStation and community league/school league.
Your point is scarily poignant: Those Latin players can be more easily manipulated by agents and officials. Sort of like the Dennis Haysbert's character in the movie "Heat".He was taken advantage of by his boss financially,having yo kick back part of his pay because he was an ex con.You want in I want part of your pay for life.
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The Latin players are better. Sorry, but it's a numbers game. The more of a certain race/ethnicity you send down the shoot, the more you'll end up in the pros. It's no different than ice hockey. The more Blacks you send down the shoot, the more will end up in the NHL. If you have 200 Blacks every year working their way up the college and junior's circuit with the talent to make a formable name for themselves, you'll end up with more on an NHL roster every season.
The Latin youths are focusing on soccer and baseball, while the Black youths are focusing on basketball and football.
@@thespadestable I came up at a time when MLB was 24 percent Black American 1970s. You must invest in baseball,glove bat uniform space to play,MLB decided to invest in Latin cats,so be it,I haven't watched baseball since they colluded against Bonds so he couldn't reach 3000 hits.But honestly I really don't dig any sports anymore.Thanx for the reply
I was born and raised in NYC from 1965-1983 during the time when Yankee's baseball drew more talk than Knicks/Nets basketball, and Jets/Giants football. Also, I played baseball in high school, and two years in college, not excluding played softball while in the Army, and continued playing softball off and on till about 45 years of age. So, I know baseball.
You clowns keep talking about "must invest in baseball" when it's stupid to throw money at something that will not get a return on its investment. Black churches have no problem fielding basketball teams, because they know they will have a sizeable turnout. Baseball fields that were not being used have eventually been purchased by builders, and the land around it have been turned into commercial property or housing which generates revenue for the city and or county.
That's not the NBA, the NFL, nor the MLB's job to invest in grassroots efforts to get more Blacks into the sport; it's the job of the community to do the investment. You clowns are doing all of this crying, but I've yet read any of you all pledge $50k to a local predominately Black high school or HBCU in you all's areas to help support their baseball programs. All I hear is what "The White Man" needs to do.
GTFOH!!
same thing they did in baseball they trying to do across the table in the nba and nfl, ask yourself why the nfl is now recruiting in africa, we already see the nba pulling more and more from the foreign pool. the writing is on the wall
Facts
100%. When will we learn?
Mikeb8497 I'm confused explain yourself NFL recruiting in Africa what colleges play football in Africa you the first person to lay claim to this name me some players that the NFL recruiting I'm lost
This is a long shot 😂 for football but I see African players joining but pump the brakes.
Or you could embrace the competition and show people what you are made of. Instead of crying and using excuses. Do you think you are entitled to a roster spot because you are black. Work for It
I am not black American but was born in the USA to Caribbean parents. I’ve noticed the replacement of FBA in just about every realm whether sports , actors (British blacks) are replacing black Americans. My heart goes out to FBA as you guys have always showed love after a being bullied. It was like right of passage . I have noticed in the northeast the work ethic of black Americans is nothing to be desired and like all Americans people complain about everything. We are now in a global economy and everything is intertwined. I hope you guys get back to take what is owed to you. I will stand by and fight for your rights . I remember a black friend taught me to love the game back in my childhood early 80s. Now my kids have returned to my cultural sport soccer ⚽️. I have to say USA is the place to get money and leave or come on vacation. I am sure you guys don’t have that option
You lost your minds. There are more black actors than ever. Ther are more black directors than ever. There are more black politicians than ever. Quit spreading BS
When do we start doing these things ourselves??? Grassroots👍🏾💪🏾🤜🏾✊🏾
Gd content bro! I feel that way when I go to ball park
I think it comes down to us being priced out. My dad said that the neighborhood rec center that he used to go to as a kid would provide bats, gloves, helmets, and a field to play ball on. We don’t really see that in the inner city anymore. And for those black kids who decide to try and pursue it it’s not just the equipment which already cost a lot but travel ball, hotels, flights, etc. I think this combined with kids from our community looking at basketball and football as being easier and for some more fun to play has contributed to the ones who are good at the game and probably could go places as a baseball player choosing the pill or the rock.
Because inner city leagues are plagued with gangs and theft. Park cannot keep baseball equipment, or ping pong tables with paddles because they get ripped off. That is not being priced out. That is not the white man holding you down. But if you play baseball in high school you do not need travel money or equipment (except for a glove) You need your own glove but you can always use a bat and there is always a ball. The players you are talking about that play travel ball are so good people sponsor them. Does not matter race. Do you think there are poor white kids that make it to the major leagues. I bet there are. Quit telling young black people what they can't do and tell them what they should try to do
@@josephgonsalves8579 who’s robbing dudes of baseball equipment bro let’s be honest unless you’ve seen it yourself. Not saying it never happens but all the time tho? Think some of what you said is true but you also assuming a lot. And I think also YES it is the league ran by white men’s fault that the game has not always been as appealing or fun to black youth. All the “unwritten rules” and “learning to respect the game” get old after awhile and drive kids away meanwhile they see CJ Stroud hit his “Squabble” in the endzone with his teammates or see Steph shimmying on defenses after hitting 3s on the court. They are just now starting to let players breathe a little bit when it comes to showing emotion but will it get black kids back into the game? Idk hopefully it does. But ignoring what David Justice said to Keyshawn Johnson about scouts keeping black players to a minimum in their league is ignorant. They were scared of us and banned us for our talent. And then we took their game over and became the best at it.
The media does what they want promotes who they wants
The sports media is 80 percent black
MLB was my first sport. I remember in the 70s when it was nothing but great Black players. Now I haven't watch a game in about 10 years. The NBA is active in Africa and Europe.
Why do you think they are keeping golf and hockey so hard to get into for black men
Imagine Westbrook in Hockey 😂😂 dude would probably killlll someone frfr .. straight enforcer
Because Blacks, as a collective, will completely dominate these two sports as well. That's why whites gatekeep in making gold and hockey very expensive and difficult with which to initiate and establish contacts.
Honestly, how many brothers you know are trying to pursue hockey?
@@romello4913 how many have access to it ?
You have to have some ice to play ice hockey. You won't find any here in Georgia unless you live in an affluent area with a rink. I'm pretty sure maybe a couple exist here.
The NFL and NBA are doing the same thing too, but it will never be the same if FBA aren't playing, we built different, they not like us.
Facts
The heck with MLB concentrate on the most high
That's the key to are salvation forget all the fake rugged sports!
Your voice mad deep like the vibration going crazy.
They made baseball, hockey and golf expensive to get into. They're right now doing the same thing in basketball and football.
I run a pee wee baseball league and if the kids dont have enough money we come up with it. Half the team is black. They play baseball soccer and basketball. The black families have more money than the white families sometimes. Plus you don't need a penny to play in high school. You don't like competition because you are lazy and want something given to you for nothing. Work for it. Quit teaching young black people to dependent on someone else. They can be whatever they want to be. Unless they listen to you
"They made hockey and golf expensive to get into"?
I played Ice and roller hockey from 12-14, then again picked it back up my sophomore year of college, then off and on till I was 50 years of age (I'm now 59). What Blacks don't hear are the stories from White players up in Canada and the Northen US states where their fathers worked double shifts, or their mothers worked double shifts and did without certain things all for the sake of their child or children to play ice hockey.
Not only are the equipment expensive, but you're also dealing with specialized equipment from head to toe, and the facilities have their own expenses occurred keeping the facility in at least decent order. Not that many Blacks have heard of ice facilities causing injury to players due to boards not being in place properly, chicken wire and nets being used as substitute for glass above the boards, or carbon dioxide poising due to shabby ventilation systems because owners were cutting cost.
Very few of the male and female players in professional golf came from rich or well to do backgrounds. Far too many came from average working households, and their parent(s) found ways to pay towards used equipment, the lessons, and the tournament entry fees.
Negro, there is a world outside of Blackistan.
Sad to say but we have walked away from the game also. It takes more than 3on3 or 5on5 to effectively play baseball. And a step further you cant sit in your driveway or put up a rim on the side of the street and practice your jump shot. The time and equipment it takes to better your skills at baseball takes resources and a lot of time.
Then with the advent of aau sports it has become super expensive to play baseball as a youth. This comes from a person that loved baseball until i got to high-school and couldnt hit the ball, then came football and track. I still love a good pitchers dual though.
Mookie Betts is the only black player I know that exist. Byron Buxton gets hurt too much.
Mookie Betts looks like a biracial next to Elly de la cruz 😂
@@Tonyconstanzaignorant ass statement… because his light complexion.. he’s somehow biracial FOH u undercover racist/ or sambo if you’re black
The Atlanta Braves has a really good player in Michael Harris. He is from the Atlanta area too. He is one of the best young center fielders in MLB. He's on the injured list right now.
Andrew Mccutchen, Aaron Judge and Tim Anderson.
All American players are subject to the draft. Foreign players are not. The Dominican players that a team has in their academy would eventually get into their farm system if they are good enough. The Yankees are not going to build an academy in the US to train players who could get drafted by the Red Sox or Mets.
Fba players come with fba culture and values. Especially in the era of social media. Having the face of baseball tweeting about police brutality is a direct conflict of intetest to mlb's wealth structure
They're about to be erased form basketball too. Most of the players coming down the pipeline are not American or Black
When I started watching baseball in the late 70's early 80's, their were alot of black players in baseball. I was a Yankee fan and they had players like, Oscar Gamble, Roy White, Chris Chambliss, Reggie Jackson, Dave Windfield, Wille Randolph, Mickey Rivers and many others. They made it a mission to get blacks out of baseball. They replaced us with Latin players. But MLB is making it right with the RBI program. They are consciously trying to get more black kids into baseball
In a why they did. But us Black Americans are slowly coming back in Baseball. Let's get it!!
Who slowly consign back name some names
It's very expensive to buy land and build things in America. Much cheaper in other countries. Simple as that.
the reason why they're building facilities in venezuela, puerto rico, dominican republic, is because Hispanic or Latin American players (whatever shade of color they're) are talented just like Black and White American baseball players, that's the reason. now, regarding what Terence Moore said that MLB was trying to fade out African Americans from baseball, that's wrong.
I’ve been listening to that song by NAS all week ❤
They rely on the school system in the US and let me tell you. Most of us are 1 or 2 black kids on a team and feel like an outcast. It was literally I’m the best player and got treated as the worse despite being very likable. Even if they like you some coaches got connections and some don’t. You need a good summer team to get recognized or a good pvt school and everybody doesn’t get that.
Scottie pippen sounding ahh
I'm from the Bronx and i would pass thru a baseball field everyonce in a while and watch little league baseball. Never noticed the disparity of the lack of black kids playing. I moved to a area E. Tremont ave ( Arthur Park) and there a baseball field there but very little baseball being played there. One day there was a big parade on Tremont and it ended at the ball park. A game ensued and a young kid from my building was playing and he was African American, and he was the only black kid playing among a group of latino kids. I think that most black kids i knew grow up with thought baseball was boring. If kids knew what i knew it might be boring but its safer than football and pays more than basketball. And the quota narrative doesnt make any sense. Why deny having great black players to help you win?
Now David Justice made some great points but it all boils down to intrest. Most black Americans especially the younger generations just dont find baseball interesting enough. With that lack of interest of course the mlb isn't going into infest time and money. Now with the college nil deals especially in football and basketball black American interest in baseball is even more in jeopardy. The only hope is for former black American players is to go into black American communities and start leagues to develop talent and intrest which then can maybe draw the attention of the mlb.
We got too many 5’8” Black kids thinking they’re going to the NBA. That’s fine, we all have dreams. The problem is, their parent think they’re going to the NBA as well. They ain’t gonna make a JC roster. The money you’re gonna spend on travel basketball is the same money you can spend on travel baseball.
Maaan baseball is the most boring sport there is period
Golf puts me to sleep.
Tell that to Dominicans
It's also the sport where the most money is made by the players.. The MLB union is the strongest of all major sports.. The NFL has the weakest union of all major sports.. So football which is dominated by Black Americans make far less money per athlete.. Not to mention it is the most dangerous.
Baseball wasn't boring when Barry bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. played.
That’s a lie
Even the NHL is trying to get more black talent all over the USA the built facilities
You gotta be from the south with that music you be playing in the background ✌🏾👍🏿
Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Steph Curry, etc. can’t come together with a project that produces Black baseball players? This is part of our problem: we’re always asking white to do better before we can get better.
We know but that’s also why the sport is not doing well and never will
Black Americans don’t watch baseball let alone play it.
U missed the whole point of the video…
But we (Black Americans) helped make it great. They pulled us in from the “Negro” Leagues (we did it on our own) only to essentially blackball us later. Satchel, Hank, Willie, Frank, Jackie, Eddie, Barry, Ken, Roy, Ricky, Reggie, Ozzie, Dusty, Dwight, etc. Should have just left us alone.
Baseball is damn sure suffering by not having ADOS players in the game.. All aspects of the sport is in decline..
The same purposeful distain and neglect, can be said for the institutes of learning. They can build prisons, and create bias specialize laws that target BlackMen.
You know 3 strikes your out; pun intended (life in the gray bar hotel). But they will not build more and better learning facilities, nor enrich and inspire people too want to become teachers - better teachers!!!
I think there would be less black youth violence in the USA if MLB built baseball camps like it does in Latin America.
Non american black dont look at race first they indentify by ethnicity and nationality
Fire Broadcast. Classic !!!
WisdomkU you right we see that in CClark
@Dark Black Magic
Frank Thomas, Ricky Henderson, Bo Jackson, Doc Gooden, Dave Stewart, Ozzie Smith, Ron Gant, Brian Jordan, and Shawon Dunston were some other bdusacs/"black" (non-immigrant) players I remember from that era... at least I'm pretty sure they weren't foreigners.
I'm bdusacs and baseball was the first ORGANIZED sport I can remember playing. I was also better at it than the other two major sports although I was pretty decent at the other two. I think I myself could have benefitted from those CAMPS and SPECIAL FACILITIES that those high IQs/meritocrats had access to. Our high school field was kind of janky/sub-par, haha!
Ken Griffey Junior is widely considered one of the best baseball players ever by people of all races. He could have been the GOAT if he didn’t get injured in Cincinnati.
During his prime he was one of the most popular athletes on planet earth. He was all over TV ads and had his own video game.
What exactly is being erased? This is just more nonsense from effeminate Dark Black Magic Channel. He WANTS there to be racism where none exists.
Probably they see it as opportunity to get good players for cheap from outside the U.S. The fact that these players from other countries who don’t view themselves as black just sweetens the deal. The
Major Leagues looking at it that these guys will be less of a liability too cause they just have a different culture if you know what I mean.
No!!!! No more facilities!!!!
??? Wym
I think it comes down to politics and voting in the US on top of them not wanting us in the there
If we look at all the last names on many of the Jerseys in all 3 major sports you will clearly see that the "foreign" blk players are being heavily invested into, no just the Caribbean & Latin America either but Afrika too. NBA is investing heavily in Basketball Afrika even showing games on NBA TV. The Gentrification of work & finance & keeping Blk ppl as far away from the top in large numbers is the name of this game.
Buffer class warfare tatics
No parks to play at...in summer time...kids play basketball and football...
Wrong is the fatherless homes
Why cant you do that stateside? Because they cannot engage in corruption, slave labor, and offer low wages to Latino kids.
But we (Black Americans) helped make it great. They pulled us in from the “Negro” Leagues (we did it on our own) only to essentially blackball us later. Satchel, Hank, Willie, Frank, Jackie, Eddie, Barry, Ken, Roy, Ricky, Reggie, Ozzie, Dusty, Dwight, etc. Should have just left us alone.
The reason MLB is in the Dominican Republic is simple, they can develop a superior athlete who will be ready to play sooner rather than later. Steroid use is legal in the DR. MLB won't build baseball academies in Puerto Rico, a US Territory, because the US Federal would investigate. MLB won't build badeball academies in Cuba because the government is Communist. This is why the majority of baseball players who are getting busted for steroid use mostly come from the DR. MLB is conveniently looking the other way. They will never build academies in the US nor target African Americans. This is more about making as much money as quickly as possible.
They stop funding little league baseball ⚾️ and high school baseball.
A sport we created!!
You created?????? what planet are you on?
Baseball players have abilities that coincidence with naturally good leaders
Barry white sounding ahh
If those brothers wanted their own league, they'd have one. They have the money...or do they?
I dont think the poor athletes in other countries have to deal with the drugs and drive by shootings .,that american kids have to deal with now.The schoolyards and playgrounds have become to dangerous.
One :
African American population is arround 12-13 % of the total US population.
Latinos of all races r 20% of the total US P.
We have (Latinos) a diferent aproach to race(I'm more Black than Justice).Keep in mind slavery was abolished in mos Hispanic countrys diring the 1820s(exeptions Cuba,Brasil and PR -1898).
In 1865,the president of Dominican Republic was Black (Grwgorio Luperon)while here in America,a civil war was taking place about slavery.
Got the point ?
Great point and sorry to nitpick but I think Puerto Rico was 1873 and 1898 is when it became a territory of the usa
@@yusefnegao Slavery was never abolished in the Spanish colonoies.
Black Cubans and Puerto Ricans use scape by boats to the Dominican Republic till the medle of the 1890s.
The strugles in Latin América are about class(admitting thet people of European or midle Eastern ancestry are the De
facto rulers of all Hispanic América, Despite that only Cuba,Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil have a large White population).
We as Black Latinos,dont denie our Africanity,but keep in mind that in my case(DR),there is not a single home without a Black father and a White mother.
We r all triple mix. The "one drop rule" only apply on Germanic societys
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 unfortunately class and race are connected a rich black Latino would have just as hard as poor black getting a lead role on a telenovela or newscast but that’s not my point and like I said I believe Puerto Rico abolished slavery in 1873 Cuba 1886 and Brazil there was no legal slavery in the Americas in the 1890s
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 mestizo take the place of white in some countries and in others they combine their white and mestizo populations like Colombia or Chile but I’m getting off topic
@@morenodemaimonpena4485 the struggles in the USA are also class there is no legal segregation in the USA if you see it as race then that’s your perception and if someone sees it as race and not class then that’s their perception but legally there is nothing stopping any of the non European communities in any of the countries in north or South America any argument you can make about police violence prison population numbers of arrest numbers of non white in media or whatever you can make in countries in all of the Americas not just USA
RIP Roberto Clemente..
Good work..fellas
If the interest is not there, it's just not there. I don't see this as an issue.
Agreed
I love Baseball but Black Man love Football/Hoopz more. Most consider the sport boring
What's easier to find? A court or a baseball diamond? What's easier to find a football field or baseball diamond? What's easier to find a running track or baseball diamond? Don't buy they don't want blacks....they want ball players that give them the best chance to win. A scout wants a ball player. I am 56 and played baseball in college. I have often thought the same thing. Build me a facility in the hood and let me work with the players. Half of HBCUs baseball rosters are non black. If a black youngster would consider playing and if he is better than average he can get his school paid for. One more thing, the Latin players don't need a facility built for them to play. They love the game. Now the vegetation allows for grass allowing them probably a place to play
So did you even listen to what you watched at all. There is a reason why it's easier to find. Pay attention
WE ARE BETTER IN ALL SPORTS, HANDS DOWN…..AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS.
Oh yeah...hockey, skiing, swimming, soccer, lacrosse, rugby......
The real reason black Americans aren't playing baseball is because of the expenses of travel leagues and the path to the Majors is way longer than the NFL/NBA. To make real money after graduating HS, you have to put in time in the Minor League system and then the MLB, even if you are the most talented. Most HS kids start off at either Single A or AA which is still 3 and 2 steps from MLB baseball. Then if you make a MLB roster, you're locked in for 6 years at $740k per year. After 3 years, if you're putting up numbers in the MLB you can go to arbitration to get paid more for the next 3 years.
Typically a talented football/basketball players outta HS has to play 3 or 2 years, respectively, in their college sport to then get drafted where they'll get paid decently off a rookie contract. And this is all w/o NIL and advertisement money that are more available to NFL/NBA players...
Man black people stop liking baseball when like the 90s hit and stop participating so yeah that’s what happened nothing else ! black ppl still don’t fw baseball and it’s like my all time fave sport of em all , especially to play
The process of becoming a pro player is tooo slow for black Americans..
Interesting.
I think that the former players, celebrities need to bring back the negro leagues. Ice cube started a separate league. I've noticed an increase in immigrants' names in basketball 🏀 and football, too.
Yup it's going global
And the orioles ain’t built nothin in Baltimore like that
Damn... Ain't that the truth. There must be 100 kids in Baltimore who would make the majors if they had someone to invest in them.. Then there is Washington DC.
@@00ghostcobra facts
Thats a lie… Americans are so privileged and full of it …You guys have state of the art everything in EVERY SPORT… Go look at that big ass stadium and facilities the Orioles have around Baltimore there is nothing stopping Black Americans from training there 😂
Wow I thought there is a lot of racism in football but baseball
Who's more popular Patrick Mahomes or Mookie Betts?
They replaced the black players with Latin players!
No surprise here . . .BASEBALL is the one sport you don't need to be athletic to play . . . You can be trained to play every position . . . Any real athlete sticks out . . . The owners want to pay you well and have you go home to your island after that . . . No more Majic Johnson, Michea, Jordan's or LeBron James . . . Players that could use there platform /voice to change a community or make business moves . . .
It’s beyond sad but they did it to themselves! Its cutting of your nose…… Growing up in the Bay Area California, Baseball was our first love. MLB has drained all the resources from the black community and gave it to ungrateful Latinos. They show no allegiance for the people who paved the way. There will be no change until they invest in the black community directly and unencumbered particularly the black fathers. Imagine the talent we could’ve had? Maybe Dwight Howard is a pitcher. Or Jaylen Brown at SS don’t even get me started with Lebron at C. Or Serena playing softball.
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Making it all about race is in itself racist. I thought we would move beyond that. Great players come from all backgrounds. Very sad. I love baseball and don’t see color because I’m not racist
Bro shutup this ain’t about racism it’s just the truth 😂😂
Who told you mfs moved past that 😂😂