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Beat_to_Quarters 20 points ago +21 / -1

Whose fault is it that there aren't enough black players in baseball? Nobody is blocking athletes. It's just not that fucking popular with black people. Are you going to force black people to like the sport of baseball more? There's already been a general waning interest in baseball and they've been worried about it the past few years. That's why this deal to get playing again being so frustrating is even more of a complete fuck up. It makes them look like they're just shooting themselves. They could have been the first major pro league back and they would have had ALL the eyes watching. But they fumbled that horribly and now they're going to only play 60 games and have to compete with the NBA and NHL at the same time. What is the magical number of black players in baseball where it becomes an acceptable percentage by the way?

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MakePizzaGreatAgain 11 points ago +12 / -1

In his post, he says there aren't enough black people because the white rules of baseball discourage players from celebrating home runs.

He also complains about a lack of funding for youth baseball programs but doesn't commit any of his millions up support them.

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Beat_to_Quarters 8 points ago +9 / -1

How is it the rules and not a baseball culture thing? If you gloat on a homerun, the pitcher throws the ball at your face at your next at bat for rubbing it in. The pitcher is not protected by any rule for doing that. What does he want, choreographed dances after every homerun? lmao. When you hit a game winning walkoff, your whole team mobs the plate waiting for you.

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Kush21 2 points ago +3 / -1

Right. But PR and Domincan Republic has no problem funding baseball....