Why does USA Today push the "African Americans in baseball" theme

over and over?

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2012-04-15/baseball-jackie-robinson/54302108/1

Its a zero sum game.

Let it go, USA Today.

 

Is it USA Today or is it Bob Nightengale? This has been his issue for a long long time.

 

Like Christine Brennan and women's basketball?

ay yi yi

 

It's a legit issue that should be discussed... to me, a big part of the problem is the lack of full scholarships in baseball.

 

What isn't discussed in these articles is that black kids don't like baseball.

 

I have never thought about it before, but it's a good question.

I've never seen an article questioning why their are not more white players in The NBA.

 

But they do like the caps.

 

That's a small part of the problem if any at all. The weeding out starts around age 10 and is fully completed by age 13 based on whose parents have the $5-10K (or more) to put their kid in travel ball, private coaching, etc.

 

You've obviously never worked in a Gannett newsroom, or you would have to ask.

It's part of the groupthink.

 

Basketball is the cheapest and most accessible sport in this country. It's also the only one of the major sports you can play alone AND improve while doing so. You add that to the way the NBA has marketed its star players, and it's a no-brainer as to why black youth overwhelmingly ignore baseball.

 

and the NBA has bad hats to boot.

What MLB should do is only allow kids who play baseball to wear their official 59-50 hats.

 

OK, I was going to post on this thread, but after reading it, really, what's the use?
Wow. What a country.