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Posted on: April 16, 2024 at 12:41:39 CT
ZouDave KC
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Black players in MLB is on a decline, and they're calling just 6% of players black.

Show us the other demographics as well.

What groups are on the increase? What groups are staying stagnant?

Are we lumping everyone into buckets that make the metrics more convenient? Like, would their racial buckets be white, black, hispanic, asian? Or do they break it down further than that into what regions a person's nationality comes from? How many of any of these groups are American, vs non-American?

I don't see why any of this is remotely relevant. Is MLB's goal to have its racial demographics of players match the demographics of the USA? Because if it is...honestly then 6% black would be about right. I think the black population in America is around 13%, which means probably 6.5% is male. Since only men play in MLB, 6% black is what you'd expect just taking a random sampling.
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Exactly. Where’s the diversity in basketball?… - tigerNkc KC - 4/16 12:07:39
     There are about 5 white guys that may be lottery pics in - shorty MU - 4/16 14:17:44
     How would you go about requiring kids to play a sport they - alstl MU - 4/16 13:18:44
          Baseball is not a sport for short attentions spans. - shorty MU - 4/16 14:29:35
          Well, you could raise the stakes - McMuffin MU - 4/16 13:21:01
               The movie poster looks better than the actaul movie. - shorty MU - 4/16 14:32:07
               I used to live in North St Louis County - the ball fields - alstl MU - 4/16 14:05:16
     The reason there is no black players is because to have - XRob MU - 4/16 13:02:01
          Hand eye coordination has to start early to be eliite(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 4/16 17:09:40
          Baseball tends to be a two parent household sport. (nm) - shorty MU - 4/16 14:18:45
          those parents that push a 5-8 year that hard - SabertoothTiger MU - 4/16 13:27:35
               Doesn't matter for most of them - XRob MU - 4/16 15:11:30
     RE: Exactly. Where’s the diversity in basketball?… - McMuffin MU - 4/16 13:01:13
     The best NBA players are white Europeans - Columbian Gold MU - 4/16 12:50:17
          Its basically 1 guy, Jokic - Joeboo MU - 4/16 12:53:51
               Luka has been the best player all season.(nm) - shorty MU - 4/16 14:19:30
               I don't watch a lot of NBA but I think people basically - lqf2b8 MU - 4/16 13:05:07
                    another Euro looks poised to take over, but - Joeboo MU - 4/16 13:22:21
                         where do we stand on Domantas Sabonis? - lqf2b8 MU - 4/16 13:41:07
     that info is useless without all of the relevant context. - ZouDave KC - 4/16 12:41:39
          I think you goofed the numbers - o'lineydisciple MU - 4/16 13:30:59
               yeah, I realized the flaw in that premise pretty quickly - ZouDave KC - 4/16 13:55:58
          that last part is a little Jungle Georgian(nm) - SabertoothTiger MU - 4/16 13:25:10
               broken clock, etc.(nm) - ZouDave KC - 4/16 13:27:31
                    I agree with you on your overall premise though. The - SabertoothTiger MU - 4/16 13:37:57
          Half of white people are also female. (nm) - haeffb MU - 4/16 13:05:50
               but what percentage of those white females are male? (nm) - phrejd KC - 4/16 14:16:35
               yeah, I realized the flaw in that premise pretty quickly(nm) - ZouDave KC - 4/16 13:27:14
          I think whites have shrunk from 80% to like 60% - Joeboo MU - 4/16 12:45:26
               Technically latinos are white. So the number of whites in - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 12:56:24
                    Domicans are not white(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 4/16 12:58:20
                         The new white, lol(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/16 13:29:49
               There was a link in the main article... - ZouDave KC - 4/16 12:55:39
                    probably the sport that most closely reflects US population - Joeboo MU - 4/16 12:57:15
     I have a hard time believing elite black players - Sal CMSU - 4/16 12:22:21
          Not many baseball fields in the projects (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 4/16 12:30:32
               Baseball is year round now and expensive af(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 4/16 12:32:38
                    And has created insufferable baseball mom - Eggs MU - 4/16 12:47:12
                         I never had a problem spending the weekend at the ball field - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 12:55:07
                              Money always ruins stuff. Parents push kids and spend - SabertoothTiger MU - 4/16 13:51:58
          They aren’t. Young blacks just don’t play baseball - alwaysright MU - 4/16 12:28:20
               Wilding is more fun(nm) - Diamond Dave MU - 4/16 12:32:12
               That's why MLB started the RBI program a couple of decades - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 12:32:08
                    On the hole(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 4/16 12:33:40
          Maybe they just don't want to play baseball - TigerNuts KC - 4/16 12:25:51
               I coach high school baseball - Hickeytime MU - 4/16 12:32:21
                    Costs are too high for inner city black kids to play. - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 12:44:00
                         maybe - o'lineydisciple MU - 4/16 13:33:00
                              Because the costs for them are not high. As someone said - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 13:40:26
                         Why are costs too high? - KC rules MU - 4/16 13:13:17
                              A decent bat will cost you a minimum of $200, a good glove - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 13:34:59
               baseball is becoming the new golf/hockey/lacrosse - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/16 12:27:06
                    My buddy's kid plays. Just bought him a $450 bat - Eggs MU - 4/16 12:44:12
                    True, just a decent kids bat will run you a couple hundred, - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/16 12:42:00
                         I've seen more kids that quit from burnout after the - SabertoothTiger MU - 4/16 13:48:36
          anyone that believes that is clinically insane - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/16 12:24:26
     ^^old angry white guy that watches Fox News all day^^(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/16 12:19:06
          RE: ^^old angry white guy that watches Fox News all day^^(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 4/16 12:22:16
               LMAO, forgot about that one - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/16 12:23:12




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