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2775952, you literally have no idea what you're talking about lol...
Posted by ThaTruth, Wed Nov-09-22 03:58 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).

baseball's draft system is way different and differs depending on where the players are from.

>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.

Every black kid is not a top prospect in football and basketball lol

>
>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.

inner city kids and schools have nowhere near the equipment and training capabilities as other kids.

Today a lot of HBCU's give out scholarships to non-black players because they can't find elite level prospects.

>
>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.

actually they were, mine was lol

>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….

actually I do but they don't have fans at the amateur level like other sports

>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!

no they are not lol, where are you getting this stuff from?

>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…
>