It seems like there is an obsession with the lack of black MLB baseball players. Does it even matter? Aren't there more important issues? No one is crying about the lack of quality white American talent in the NBA.

In the spirit of Easter, please hire someone to nail you to a cross in the middle of the desert.

Wait wait... don't forget the spear stabbing!

Shouldn't complaining about disproportionate racial and ethnic representation in major sports two-way street as it is applied to any given demographic?

If you see disproportionate representation--defined as "deviating from the background racial/ethnic representation of the population from which athletes are culled (generally speaking, the United States)"--as a problem in sports, then shouldn't it be a "problem" wherever said disproportions are found?

Can we expect you at the next rally demanding there be more white cornerbacks in the NFL?

It seems like there is an obsession with the lack of black MLB baseball players. Does it even matter? Aren't there more important issues? No one is crying about the lack of quality white American talent in the NBA.

I used to try to draw equivalencies between minorities and whites on every issue too. Then I went to high school and college and learned history and developed a bare minimum of critical thinking skills.

It seems like there is an obsession with the lack of black MLB baseball players. Does it even matter? Aren't there more important issues? No one is crying about the lack of quality white American talent in the NBA.

I have brought that subject up on here numerous times. MLB is really talented but it seemed more talented to me in the 60's and 70's when we had the great black athletes also playing.

I have brought that subject up on here numerous times. MLB is really talented but it seemed more talented to me in the 60's and 70's when we had the great black athletes also playing.

I think there were a lot more Blacks in the 60's and 70's. I didn't google it though.

Culture and economics are the primary reasons that blacks are steered towards basketball these days.

It's fine though. I'd like to see every kid- black and white- playing baseball because baseball is my favorite sport. But people get to make their own choices. The next Willie Mays might be on a skateboard ramp. But that's up to him.

It's fine though. I'd like to see every kid- black and white- playing baseball because baseball is my favorite sport. But people get to make their own choices. The next Willie Mays might be on a skateboard ramp. But that's up to him.

It is definitely a matter of choice. I don't see a large outcry from blacks on the subject either. Little presumptuous but I don't get the impression that blacks are upset about being underrepresented in the game of baseball. Don't play it and thus shouldn't be represented.

Baseball is quite the bit harder to arrange. Number of kids plus the equipment. Can be a pain in the ass. It's not a bad thing that kids are choosing other sports. Baseball will survive.

Some have suggested one issue is the fact that football and basketball coaches in high school discourage their players from playing baseball.

Orlando, FL – April 18, 2017 The 2017 Major League Baseball Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC) was released today and showed decreases in both racial and gender hiring practices. Major League Baseball had a B on the issue of racial hiring practices, a C for gender hiring practices, and an overall grade of C+ in the 2017 MLB Racial and Gender Report Card (MLB RGRC). The report was released in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking MLB’s color barrier.

MLB reached a score of 82 for racial hiring practices, down from 90.5 in 2016. MLB’s grade for gender hiring practices was 70 points, down from 74.3 in 2016. Finally, MLB achieved a combined grade of a C+ with 76 points, which is down from the 82.4 score as in the 2016 report. The decreases were, in part, a result of a new grading scale that better represented America’s changing demographics.

...

Commissioner Rob Manfred’s League Office maintained the good grade achieved in 2016 for racial hiring practices as it received an A- for hiring people of color. However, it dropped to a C- for gender hiring practices. People of color comprise 28.1 percent of the Central Office professional staff. Women comprise 29.3 percent of the total Central Office professional employees. Fifteen executives (Vice President or higher) who work at the Commissioner’s Office, MLB Advanced Media and the MLB Network are persons of color. 20 female employees hold executive positions in central baseball.

MLB received an A or A+ for race in the following categories: Coaches, players and diversity initiatives.

...

For the 2016 season, people of color held 44.3 percent of the coaching positions for all MLB teams. This number is a 6.1 percent increase from 2015. This is an all-time high since it was first recorded in the 1993 RGRC.

Baseball won't only survive, but it's primed for a comeback as kids will need to find a sport to play when their parents don't sign the football permission slip.