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2775948, I named RECENT top 4 black athletes who
Posted by allStah, Wed Nov-09-22 03:23 PM
didn’t chose baseball….even though they were PURSUED hard to play baseball.

Every sport in the US goes through a draft system(lol). One baseball
scout said some scouts don’t even bother scouting top African Americans
ball players because they know they are going to go play football or basketball.

Again black kids are playing tons of baseball in high school..I said it every year.
So you’re wrong…but those kids have too many athletic options and baseball isn’t at the top.

In Latin countries in West Indies, baseball is number 1 sport hands down…
That’s all they focus on.

America used to be the same way before football and basketball became huge….early
1900s until right before the first Super Bowl…it was all baseball….but then NFL took over
and Jordan came….baseball fell off in the black community.

Black families weren’t watching the WS like back in 70s/80s. Black people know who tom Brady is but have no idea who Mike Trout is or Byrne Harper the two best players in baseball
Arguably.

Hell, do you even watch high school baseball ..what about college? They are there….
They just don’t want to play as a pro…and use it as cross training.


Do you know how much black families are paying for their kids
to play football and basketball? A LOT! Black families groom their
kid for football and basketball. I forgot the name of the one player who said
his mother forced him to play football when he wanted to play other sports…