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re: Ryen Russillo talking race- But not how you think
Posted on 6/14/17 at 7:42 pm to JBeam
Posted on 6/14/17 at 7:42 pm to JBeam
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You really don't understand how basketball is cheaper than baseball?
Obviously it is, but he does kind of have a point. If these poor kids from Cuba and the Dominican are becoming great baseball players, maybe there's a better way to get your kid to be a good baseball player that is less expensive.
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Posted on 6/14/17 at 7:50 pm to D011ahbi11
Well basketball, somebody has to build a court and put up a hoop.
Baseball in Domincan...any shite-hole sandlot...and anything to mimic a bat, ball and glove.
It's not like all youth baseball is played in green grassy fields in suburbia.
The only advantage basketball has is you don't need friends to get better.
Baseball in Domincan...any shite-hole sandlot...and anything to mimic a bat, ball and glove.
It's not like all youth baseball is played in green grassy fields in suburbia.
The only advantage basketball has is you don't need friends to get better.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:25 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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It's not like all youth baseball is played in green grassy fields in suburbia.
The only advantage basketball has is you don't need friends to get better.
even though the actual ball park itself wasn't anything special I grew up around, it did have a batting cage. The pitching machine was kind of a pain sometimes but you could practice almost any time you wanted (even if you were alone).
if there were other people that stopped by to use it sometimes we'd do a pickup game if we had enough to play or close enough.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:29 pm to LooseCannon22282
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If these poor kids from Cuba and the Dominican are becoming great baseball players, maybe there's a better way to get your kid to be a good baseball player
yeah, for them, it's called Roids. They hand the shite out like candy to the prospects at the Latin American camps. These sleezy agents over there are the pushers, kids take, promised with lies and dreams of MLB and $$$.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:39 pm to ClientNumber9
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Right, because everything must begin with the understanding/acceptance that white people are evil and any shortcomings among persons of color must be attributed to institutional racism.
No said that. and it's said that you interpret the first part as such
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:40 pm to SeeeeK
What am I spamming ? Sorry I read?
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:41 pm to TigerChief10
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Not everything needs to change.
I agree but let's not kid ourselves -- baseball has a lot of dumb and baseless traditions
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:41 pm to D011ahbi11
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Aaaand now you're just making shite up.
I am? Do you read ?
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:43 pm to D011ahbi11
Sorry, 87%
LINK
LINK
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He analyzed bench-clearing brawls over the past five seasons and found that 87% of them involved clashes between players of different ethnicities, primarily white American players versus Latino players, be they from the U.S. or from other countries. All such disputes this season involved cross-ethnicity confrontations.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:44 pm to StrongSafety
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Yet 90% of baseball fights are between a white guy and a foreign guy and the leagues traditionalists have been pushing back for years against any sort of change to a lot of baseballs dumb culture stalwarts.
Thank you for providing that.
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Why do baseball "purists" feel the need to hold on to some many dumb and baseless traditions that don't reflect the times?
Football players never fight, bite fingers, stomp on, hit late, cheap shot, bend the rules, and various other things too right????
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The game is beautiful and they really should open it up to a wider audience.
They literally broadcast free games on their website every single day. It's comical how bad you are at framing your points.
This post was edited on 6/14/17 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:46 pm to StrongSafety
Honestly 9% of the MLB being black really isn't off the national average.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:47 pm to D011ahbi11
I explained in my previous post -- it's group specialization. They prioritize baseball over everything. Just like Asians prioritize spelling bees and black folks specialize in basketball.
Land also has an impact. Harder to find land for baseball fields in the city than in rural or island places (less development).
Then someone will say "what about football?" And I'll say..consider all these factors, and concepts such as confirmation bias and group think and in-group tendencies, and you'll get closer to why the numbers look as such.
Russello will just spew some weak and ignorant bar room banter and get praised by the "stick to sports" crowd.
Read a book.
Land also has an impact. Harder to find land for baseball fields in the city than in rural or island places (less development).
Then someone will say "what about football?" And I'll say..consider all these factors, and concepts such as confirmation bias and group think and in-group tendencies, and you'll get closer to why the numbers look as such.
Russello will just spew some weak and ignorant bar room banter and get praised by the "stick to sports" crowd.
Read a book.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:50 pm to Jcorye1
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Football players never fight, bite fingers, stomp on, hit late, cheap shot, bend the rules, and various other things too right????
Football is moving away from that slowly but surely.
It's no concidence that the leagues that have embrace diversity and modernism (NBA and MLS) are trending up in popularity and the leagues stuck doing old dumb traditional things for no good reason besides $$$ and their "stick to sports" base are trending down.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 8:57 pm to StrongSafety
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It's no concidence that the leagues that have embrace diversity and modernism (NBA and MLS) are trending up in popularity and the leagues stuck doing old dumb traditional things for no good reason besides $$$ and their "stick to sports" base are trending down.
Revenue Has Been Increasing For 13 Years
MLB Revenues Approach 10 Billion
NBA at a Cool 5.9 Billion
NFL Viewership Down 8%
Baseball is dying, blah blah blah.
This post was edited on 6/14/17 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:06 pm to StrongSafety
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Sorry, 87% LINK quote:He analyzed bench-clearing brawls over the past five seasons and found that 87% of them involved clashes between players of different ethnicities, primarily white American players versus Latino players, be they from the U.S. or from other countries. All such disputes this season involved cross-ethnicity confrontations.
A lot different from what you originally said.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:08 pm to StrongSafety
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I explained in my previous post -- it's group specialization. They prioritize baseball over everything. Just like Asians prioritize spelling bees and black folks specialize in basketball.
So you agree that it's by the choice of African Americans to choose sports other than baseball and this is what causes the discrepancy, not racism?
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:08 pm to lynxcat
quote:You are a racist a-hole
Maybe race shouldn't matter at all and the best people should rise to the highest level.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:09 pm to lsupride87
That 30 for 30 sucked
Didn't reveal anything new or groundbreaking
Didn't reveal anything new or groundbreaking
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:11 pm to StrongSafety
quote:But you are hiding from the point.
Russello will just spew some weak and ignorant bar room banter and get praised by the "stick to sports" crowd.
His point is WHY is it ok to say baseball is too white, but not too say basketball is too black?
I know exactly why the sports are the way they are, racially. Most everyone does.
This post was edited on 6/14/17 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:22 pm to lsucoonass
This is about why standards on speech exist to exacerbate racial division for no real ends other than to restrict observation.
I don't understand why it matters, personally. I feel no special need for black people to like me. . .so I therefore care little for how my honest observations are perceived.
I have found that black people are generally open and willing to engage on race, as long as I approach it in an academic manner.
It's the white liberals who spend tremendous amounts of time and effort stifling white participation in conversations about race
I don't understand why it matters, personally. I feel no special need for black people to like me. . .so I therefore care little for how my honest observations are perceived.
I have found that black people are generally open and willing to engage on race, as long as I approach it in an academic manner.
It's the white liberals who spend tremendous amounts of time and effort stifling white participation in conversations about race
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