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Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:39 pm to LSURussian
Guess I should have actually clicked the link.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:39 pm to GeauxTigerTM
LSU under Paul Mainieri has had more black players than most of our opponents. This just happens to be a year that we don't have any.
And also this
Baseball isn't a sport that you can just pick up when you get to high school, and there just aren't many minorities playing organized baseball as kids.
And also this
quote:
It's hard to have college players when so few are playing at the youth level.
Baseball isn't a sport that you can just pick up when you get to high school, and there just aren't many minorities playing organized baseball as kids.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:41 pm to AstroTiger
How many whites are on the Southern basketball, baseball, and football teams?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:42 pm to bbap
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Guess I should have actually clicked the link.
It does praise Mainieri, however why does it even have to be an issue at all? If they were better than the white players and available then they would be here and play.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:43 pm to guttata
quote:They usually have a few on the baseball team
How many whites are on the Southern basketball, baseball, and football teams?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:44 pm to Broski
I rad most of it and I don't see a negative part to it. It simply says not many black people play baseball...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:44 pm to AstroTiger
quote:If it helps expose the ridiculous NCAA scholarship restrictions for baseball then I'm all for it!
why does it even have to be an issue at all?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:45 pm to AstroTiger
Wow, y'all really need to read the article before berating it blindly. There are a few lines in there that come off as ill-advised, and the writers final conclusion was not consistent with the entire rest of the article, but overall it was some pretty decent info.
For everyone who didn't read it, but jumped right in to criticize, rest assured that this article is not attacking LSU directly. Pointing out a fact is not the same belittling. This article talked a lot more about the culture of college baseball that leads to very few black athletes, and did not come off as criticizing LSU (minus a small jab at the very end, which easily could have been applied to any other college).
Reactionary culture here is insane.
For everyone who didn't read it, but jumped right in to criticize, rest assured that this article is not attacking LSU directly. Pointing out a fact is not the same belittling. This article talked a lot more about the culture of college baseball that leads to very few black athletes, and did not come off as criticizing LSU (minus a small jab at the very end, which easily could have been applied to any other college).
Reactionary culture here is insane.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:45 pm to AstroTiger
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If they were better than the white players and available then they would be here and play.
I would say that if more African-American youth embraced baseball, we would have many more on college rosters. I have heard it said by black kids, "baseball is a white sport". Many don't even give it a try.
I actually was thinking about this watching the USA play yesterday. Jimmy Rollins, Brandon Phillips, and Adam Jones all made it in baseball. I wish more youth in the African American community would give it a chance.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:46 pm to LSURussian
Exactly. As long as there is no "quota" or something attached to it.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:46 pm to LSURussian
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If it helps expose the ridiculous NCAA scholarship restrictions for baseball then I'm all for it!
But other than Mainieri's quote about the 11.7, he doesn't really talk about that.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:46 pm to Broski
Just looked up Geonte Jackson at San Jacinto CC and he's doing okay...
.316 BA, 2 doubles, .350ish OBP, 4 for 6 SB
Doesn't seem like he'd be a starter here, but I wish he would have stayed. I liked him over Yocum.
.316 BA, 2 doubles, .350ish OBP, 4 for 6 SB
Doesn't seem like he'd be a starter here, but I wish he would have stayed. I liked him over Yocum.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:48 pm to thunderbird1100
What happened to Marcus Davis? I assume he is/was at some JUCO?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:48 pm to Broski
quote:That's like saying if the Titanic had not hit that iceberg it would have had a perfect first voyage.
But other than Mainieri's quote about the 11.7, he doesn't really talk about that.
Do you think the article was critical of LSU or of Mainieri?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:48 pm to crankbait
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he's not even black...high yellow at best
Yea he has been treated like a light skin brother his whole life and ow is trying to get some brownie points. Nothing to see here.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:48 pm to thunderbird1100
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but I wish he would have stayed.
Grades....
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:49 pm to Broski
Lol I know that kid
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:49 pm to LSURussian
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Do you think the article was critical of LSU or of Mainieri?
No, I just think this a stretch of a story.
And the article itself is an iceberg, to the point where Mainieri's quote gets lost in it.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:50 pm to Broski
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What happened to Marcus Davis? I assume he is/was at some JUCO?
Florida State, hit .416 in JUCO
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