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On Wednesday, Ben Walker of the Associated Press surveyed our fractured, divided land and zeroed in on one of the most pressing issues of our day: there aren’t enough black players in the World Series. Walker doesn’t have the slightest shred of evidence to support the contention that this is because of racism, but that’s nonetheless the thrust of his article, and it’s no surprise: it wouldn’t be a day ending with a y if the establishment media didn’t find some “racism” in the United States. Where none exists, it has to be invented.
Walker made a stark comparison that actually seemed to reveal some racism until you think about it for half a second: “Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton. Al Bumbry. Disco Dan Ford. And plenty more that night in Baltimore.” But now, “for the first time since 1950, shortly after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this World Series. Zero.”
Gee, that’s terrible. And it’s clearly a sign that “systemic racism” is nowhere more systemic than in Major League Baseball, which clearly, despite turning Jackie Robinson into a demigod and obsessively courting black players, behind closed doors is a regular Klan meeting. There are all sorts of contemporary equivalents of Gary Matthews, Joe Morgan, Eddie Murray, Garry Maddox, Ken Singleton, Al Bumbry, and Disco Dan Ford out there, but they’re not being given a shot at the big leagues, because MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and the owners of the Major League Baseball teams are a pack of white supremacists, right?
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, apparently thinks that: there are all sorts of great black players out there who just aren’t being given a fighting chance: “That is eye opening,” Kendrick said. “It is somewhat startling that two cities that have high African American populations, there’s not a single Black player. It lets us know there’s obviously a lot of work to be done to create opportunities for Black kids to pursue their dream at the highest level.”
But really, are there a lot of young black men who dream of playing Major League Baseball but don’t have any chance to try? That’s unlikely in the extreme. The relentless idolizing of Robinson, who was a Hall of Fame player but not really a god at all, is just one of many indications that Major League Baseball would be positively thrilled to showcase a new generation of black stars. The problem, however, is not that there are deserving black players who are being denied a chance to play baseball; the problem is that black Americans just aren’t playing baseball the way they used to.
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Jayell1 says
What’s the current black population of the USA? Around 13%, if I’ve heard correctly? So are 1 in 8 players black, which would be correct pro rata? If there are more than than that, there’ll be too many black players, and NOT too few. If there are less than that, what percentage of those who failed to get into the teams were black, and why did they fail? If more than 1 in 8 of the failures were black, someone needs to look at their performances/applications against the standard criteria to check that they were treated fairly as individuals; if less than 1 in 8 were excluded, then they’re being admitted to the teams ABOVE their correct demographic proportion, so there can be no need whatever for complaint. Obviously, if my figure of 13% isn’t right, then the other proportions have to be suitably adjusted. But also, if players are to be admitted to the teams purely on their ability as individuals to play the game, then it shouldn’t matter if they’re black, white, grey, blue, green with yellow dots, or whatever. It’s only if one is a blatant racist that this should be a concern; however, I’ve heard that certain persons of a darker complexion seem to have the strange idea that they are for some reason congenitally incapable of being racist whereas, according to these same people, that is not true of everyone else on the planet; although they never quite seem to explain that odd conundrum. Anyone got any ideas?
milo minderbinder says
Jayell1,
Interest and thought provoking comments.
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A few random thoughts that came to mind reading your comments.
It seems to me that the situation is not as simple as a math equation. With the left, the issue is never the issue, it’s the narrative that matters. The left will almost always implement some or all of the rules outlined in Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals.
https://bolenreport.com/saul-alinskys-12-rules-radicals/
Alinksy is not alone, another radical mover and shaker in the Marxist agenda is Antonio Gramsci, who once said:
“Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity. … In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society.” Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937)
The left doesn’t want equality, they want total control, they want to exterminate anyone who dares challenge their ideology.
Now with that said, each Major League Team can have 40 players on the main roster. An approximate breakdown of the population would look something like the chart below.
Race …..……. % of Population ………. Players per Team
White ……..….….. 62% ……………………. 25
Black ……..………13% ………………………5
Hispanic/Latino …..19% ………………………8
Asian ………………. 6% ……………..………2
Totals ….…………100% …………………….40
Will that satisfy the left?
Maybe the left would want the team to reflect the population of the city where the team is based or the State, or maybe, the Region? The left’s goal is to continuously agitate, stir the pot, divide and conquer.
How will the management of the team be affected? Owners and coaches have to make difficult choices when building a team, there are factors that go beyond talent, like, determination, team chemistry, attitude, etc.
We are at war, a war for the hearts, souls and minds of the people.
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
– Aeschylus (523-456 BC)
Wellington says
Fine post, milo, and by Jayell1 as well.
I taught a South African white woman some two decades ago and she told me that she thought that South Africans were obsessed with race but it was as nothing compared to what she experienced with America’s obsession with race, and which she thought made the South African approach to race relations actually reasonable compared to that of America. And it’s only gotten worse in this regard here in America since then.
Golem2 says
Baseball is boring. Black athletes are much more attracted to basketball and football.
tim gallagher says
As the heading says, “inevitable”. Of course, everything in the world these days is “racist”. Yawn. Just get on with life. To some morons in this world, with gigantic chips on their shoulders and always wanting to play the victim, everything in human life is “racist” All this bullshit is getting so fucking boring. Some of these miserable creatures spend all their time trying to drag everyone down into their own misery.
James Lincoln says
If I ask a hard-core leftist what is NOT racist, what will be the answer?
kq6kq6kq6 says
They have given us a few answers. One of them is that white is racist. If you are white, you are a racist.
Wellington says
Agreed. And demonstrative of just how intellectually and morally bankrupt the entire Left is.
tgusa says
Hey Ben, I will give you some free advise. Looking at race instead of qualifications is in fact, racist. I gave you some free advise not that you will ever connect the easily connectable dots and figure it out for yourself.