kayluhb Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I had this argument with one of my black co workers today. He was trying to tell me that all of sports is dominated by blacks. He said ESPECIALLY baseball and basketball. Now, I definitely agree about the NBA. But, how could he say all of sports? How about tennis, golf, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc...? But more importantly how in the fucking world could he say that about baseball? I remember reading somewhere that there were like 90 black players in the majors last year. 90! Under 10%, I believe. I asked him to name me some black players off the top of his head. The first name he gave me was Barry Bonds. The second was Sheffield. The third was Sammy Sosa. Sammy Sosa! OF course, he didn't realize that Sosa is Dominican, not black. After that, he was a blank. He kept naming guys who he thought MIGHT be black, but were Latino instead. It was ridiculous.Anyway, the point is alot of people think this way and it's annoying. Baseball is dominated by white players. I think 25% of baseball players are Latino. Couple that number with blacks and you get about 35%. Oh, and as far as the NBA goes...I think with the recent influx of European players, the ratio of white to black players will even out eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 bowling is def white owned...that is all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayluhb Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 One thing I hate about the NFL's policy on hiring coaches. An organization MUST interview at least one minority (or is it specific to black?) candidate for any vacancy. WTF if I'm an owner or GM and I want to hire someone spefically who just happens to be white...Well, then why do I have to waste my fucking time in interviewing someone I'm not going to want anyway? It's my fucking team. Fuck off.Does the NFL actually believe there is bias? If a GM/owner believed that a certain black dude could take his team to the SB, and would make a much better coach than the white candidate....Don't you think they would hire the black guy???'Ok boss, on this corner we have Jerome Jackson. He's won at all levels, has three SB rings, is great with players, and gets along with management. Great guy' 'Oh, and he's black'.'And over here we have Chuck Weinstien. He has a record of 23-42, is infamous for his unnecessary brutal workout regimens which pisses off players, and has an alcohol problem'.Owner: 'Give me the Jew' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayluhb Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 bowling is def white owned...that is all...I have never seen a post from you that consisted of more than 10 words. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I have never seen a post from you that consisted of more than 10 words. Good job.and hopefully u never will...too much work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 it is true Blacks do not play baseball anymore. just look at the rosters It is now beisbol as the Latin player will soon be the majority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaka610 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Agreed 100% in fact i donate to an org. that tries to change thisThere was an interesting article in SI about the drop in black baseball players.. and it really comes to one problem... there is no space to play the sport in urban towns.. in the latin region yes its all stick ball and games as such that give people like vladimir the ability to hit a ball.. but we also need to remember that baseball is practically their national sport. In our urban towns, we all know that its basketball.. Its a shame b/c the crumbe of dwight and darryl also led to the crumble of black youths playing baseball..It just is too high maintenence to put up and mainain a field in the city when a parking lot makes more sense u know.. And its a shame because i think we all know how great inner city youths and blacks could be in baseball, if they just sought the opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 mike cameron, preston wilson, marquis grissom, jay payton, oil can boyd, willie mays, hank aaron, satchel paige, jakie robinson, vince coleman, rickey henderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk4 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 I had this argument with one of my black co workers today. He was trying to tell me that all of sports is dominated by blacks. He said ESPECIALLY baseball and basketball. Now, I definitely agree about the NBA. But, how could he say all of sports? How about tennis, golf, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc...? But more importantly how in the fucking world could he say that about baseball? I remember reading somewhere that there were like 90 black players in the majors last year. 90! Under 10%, I believe. I asked him to name me some black players off the top of his head. The first name he gave me was Barry Bonds. The second was Sheffield. The third was Sammy Sosa. Sammy Sosa! OF course, he didn't realize that Sosa is Dominican, not black. After that, he was a blank. He kept naming guys who he thought MIGHT be black, but were Latino instead. It was ridiculous.Anyway, the point is alot of people think this way and it's annoying. Baseball is dominated by white players. I think 25% of baseball players are Latino. Couple that number with blacks and you get about 35%. Oh, and as far as the NBA goes...I think with the recent influx of European players, the ratio of white to black players will even out eventually.. He was trying to tell me that all of sports is dominated by blacks Are not isits a lot not alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 bowling is def white owned...that is all...as far as race in sports, it's all just a mix. Baseball has black, white and hispanic. basketball has black, white, and now asianfootball is mostly white n black with some exceptionsanyone who says 1 race dominates a particular sport obviously has their head up their ass a bit too far. Tell them to watch a game and count how many diff. races there are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy1 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 you'll see everything will be dominated by blks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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