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SBC 
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| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:09 pm to Broski)
I don't see anything wrong with the article. It is a baseball problem.
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tylercsbn9 
USA Fan
Tomball, TX
Member since Feb 2004
51602 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:09 pm to ForeverLSU02)
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There aren't many black players in college baseball to begin with
Or the MLB.....this is dumb.
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ProjectP2294 
Indiana Fan
NOLA
Member since May 2007
24042 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:14 pm to TigerattheU)
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more than half of the HBCU schools that competed in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference had more white players than African-Americans in 2012. Scholarship white baseball players in the MEAC outnumbered black players 74-59
They used the MEAC, I talked about the SWAC. But the point is the same. I didn't take any issue with the article.
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stonedbegonias 
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Member since Jan 2010
8297 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:21 pm to LSURussian)
The over/under on the percentage of posters in this thread that actually read the whole article is set at 10%. I'm putting my money on the under. Nothing wrong with that article.
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feedthepig20
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
1040 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:28 pm to SBC)
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I don't see anything wrong with the article. It is a baseball problem.
It is not at all a baseball problem. The problem is that people see the lack of blacks playing baseball as a problem.
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Guava Jelly
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Lake Charles
Member since Jul 2009
5387 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:28 pm to Broski)
I really appreciate the dig CPM tossed in there about schollies. Well played, coach.
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Bayou_Bengal@Irving
LSU Fan
Monterey CA
Member since Feb 2005
1252 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:31 pm to Broski)
This kind of whining by quota-counters is nothing new. I remember reading another hack in the Daily Reveille complaining about the lack of any black players on the '93 baseball team. Never mind that team won the nat'l title. Satisfying the race-obsessed p.c. types matters more than achieving success to these idiots.
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thunderbird1100
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GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
30687 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:34 pm to stonedbegonias)
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The over/under on the percentage of posters in this thread that actually read the whole article is set at 10%. I'm putting my money on the under. Nothing wrong with that article.
Except the entire article is based on race which is wrong from the beginning. Once again, write an article on the lack of white football and basketball players and see how well it's taken.
Also not "wrong" according to you.
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Stevo
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
5167 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:39 pm to Broski)
not a bad article at all. Why is everyone bitching?
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TigerCub
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2006
3637 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:40 pm to Broski)
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Wasn't it that he didn't get along with Mainieri and, at the time, he didn't think Spencer Ware, his HS teammate, was going to make it so he bailed?
No he made it here for the fall but got kicked off.
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harry coleman beast
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Boxtards: We go DUFFY
Member since Aug 2008
18166 posts
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| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:40 pm to Broski)
Bring back trey watkins!!!
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jdrn21
LSU Fan
USA
Member since Aug 2005
6559 posts
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| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:42 pm to Broski)
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FADING AWAY: WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHITE COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS GONE?
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FADING AWAY: WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHITE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GONE?
Works any way you slice it. Hey, look at me, I can be a journalist.
I hate people who are racist
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Stewie Griffin
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Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
12121 posts
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| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:43 pm to LSURussian)
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I thought the article was a very fair description of the current state of college baseball when it comes to black players.
It certainly was not critical of LSU.
It praised Mainieri's record for recruiting black players, even to the point of explaining we lost two black players from this year's team for valid reasons.
Mainieri's comments about the NCAA's draconian scholarship restrictions for baseball is the same complaint Skip Bertman voiced for years regarding the unintended consequence of discouraging kids from poor, black families from pursuing a sport where they can not expect to have a full scholly like they can for football and basketball.
I noticed this past weekend when the teams lined up for the national anthem before Sunday's game that Washington has no black players also.
This.
Nice story.
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stonedbegonias
New Orleans Saints Fan
Pensacola / Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
8297 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:47 pm to thunderbird1100)
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thunderbird1100
 People can't write articles based on race?
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Once again, write an article on the lack of white football and basketball players and see how well it's taken.
There have been articles like that, get a clue.
This post was edited on 3/13 at 3:50 pm
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Pilot Tiger 
Georgetown Fan
Washington DC
Member since Nov 2005
50406 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:49 pm to thunderbird1100)
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Except the entire article is based on race which is wrong from the beginning
it's wrong to discuss race?
since when?
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OBUDan
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Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
37985 posts
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| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:58 pm to ForeverLSU02)
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There aren't many American black players in baseball to begin with
FIFY
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CarRamrod
USA Fan
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
31413 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:11 pm to Pilot Tiger)
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it's wrong to discuss race?
since when?
When you talk about Whites winning.
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chalmetteowl
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Da Parish
Member since Jan 2008
9393 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:20 pm to OBUDan)
lol i was watching Chalmette play Karr and wondering what Speedy Noil and Standish Dobard would look like in baseball uniforms compared to the scrawny kids they had
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ProjectP2294
Indiana Fan
NOLA
Member since May 2007
24042 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:22 pm to chalmetteowl)
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lol i was watching Chalmette play Karr and wondering what Speedy Noil and Standish Dobard would look like in baseball uniforms compared to the scrawny kids they had
There's your 1B and CF. If Speedy could lay down a bunt, he'd never get thrown out in HS.
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Flame Salamander
LSU Fan
Texas Gulf
Member since Jan 2012
455 posts
| re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players (Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:25 pm to ForeverLSU02)
There aren't many in the pro's either. This is something that MLB has recognized over the years and has stated as a target to shoot for.
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