Some possible reasons.... Access to ball fields. A second parent to drive them to games. They're too busy playing basketball. Why are there so few whites in the NBA ?
The NY Post. Considered literature by the average NY baseball fan. Considered suitable only for potty training the dog by anyone with more than half a brain. Nice babe pics though, I must admit.
Not the point. The point is diversity. Sumbody do sumpin....:eek: Having a sport dominated by African Americans is just fine.
"The African-American population in baseball this season has plummeted to 8.05%, less than half the 17.25% in 1959 when the Boston Red Sox became the last team to integrate their roster, 12 years after Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It's a dramatic decline from 1975, when 27% of rosters were African-American. In 1995, the percentage was 19%."
I wonder what MBTI futurecurrents is? I want to avoid it is all I'm saying. I learned to avoid what to step in as a child in the barnyard, just trying to bring that experience into the current situation...
INTP The problem areas for this type includes the following "They may be extremely caustic and insulting to others." "They may not recognize basic social principles, such as appropriate dress and general behavior." http://www.personalitypage.com/html/INTP_per.html So whatever is wrong with me......it's not my fault.
Black baseball players decided they weren't going to catch flies any more and weren't going to run from whitey any more either so that sort of ended their baseball usefulness.