The SWAC baseball championship has like 5 black players playing. Why did we stop playing baseball?

[staticshock]

“Why did we stop playing baseball?”


*Looks at the rest of the SWAC & the MEAC, SIAC & CIAA rosters *



Some of the best players in the MLB are black & some of the best prospects in minor leagues are black as well

 

[concise]

MLB's percentage of Black players is the lowest since 1955. What's baseball doing to fix that?

MLB isn't happy with the numbers, but those in charge say the \

www.usatoday.com

Percentage of Black Americans hasn't been this low since Jackie Robinson was an active player.

 

[The_Sheff]

Same reason the best athletes play football and basketball here.

You can no longer “athlete” your way into baseball like you can football. If you aren’t getting consistent training you will be left behind once you hit the high school level.

 

[#1 pick]

Fam and Bethune are playing right now. Barely any black players on the fields


I remember every black kid playing baseball or t-ball. shyt we used to play catch at recess or even stickball.


Have we really given up on baseball so much HBCU’s can’t even field a team?


How do we get black Boys into baseball? It’s constructive and tons of scholarship opportunities

I lived in a Black area in elementary and it wasn't that many Black baseball and many of us had Two parents. Sports like baseball, bw aren't a fan of.

 

[get these nets]

You can no longer “athlete” your way into baseball like you can football. If you aren’t getting consistent training you will be left behind once you hit the high school level.

Maybe I'm not making my point clear. Despite MLB efforts to repopularize the sport among AAs, there hasn't been an improvement in numbers on the pro level because the best athletes play other sports. Plenty of kids play, just not the ones with the ability and tools that could develop into major/minor league ball players.

 

[Fanservice]

Ngl I avoided baseball as a kid because I was afraid of being hit by the ball

 

[GilSho]

Because Baseball is one of those sports that is passed down from father to son. That's why a good chunk of MLB players had a father or at least an uncle/grandfather that played professionally.

Guess what the percentage of single parent households in Black America is?

 

[getmoney310cpt]

Ngl I avoided baseball as a kid because I was afraid of being hit by the ball

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Y'all remember when they had the article on HBCU's were so down bad for baseball players, they looked to whites as a last resort to fill out their teams?

 

[CrimsonTider]

Maybe I'm not making my point clear. Despite MLB efforts to repopularize the sport among AAs, there hasn't been an improvement in numbers on the pro level because the best athletes play other sports. Plenty of kids play, just not the ones with the ability and tools that could develop into major/minor league ball players.

Why is it so hard for These people here to accept that nikkas don’t like baseball.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Ngl I avoided baseball as a kid because I was afraid of being hit by the ball

What sports you grew up playing?

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Why is it so hard for These people here to accept that nikkas don’t like baseball.

This is it

 

[CrimsonTider]

This is it

Like this shyt is literally out of style in culture and has been for 25 years

 

[firemanBk]

It hurts that there's no Ken Griffey's or Barry Bonds' out there dominating the sport to get young black kids inspired to start playing the game either

 

[DropTopDoc]

It’s more expensive, not easily accessible, low interest. I played baseball at an all black league, but that’s Chicago, everyone does not have that