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re: U.S. blocks deal for Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:23 pm to conservativewifeymom
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:23 pm to conservativewifeymom
I quit watching MLB for many reasons but one is that there aren't enough American players. I follow college baseball. I would prefer to have some point of reference when watching MLB. Many good college athletes are beaten out by joses that can't speak English.
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Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:29 pm to Diamondawg
Don't laugh but the Brazilians have damn near taken over the Professional Bull Riders association. They are making good money and taking every dime of it back home. I have yet to hear more than one or two that doesn't need a translator when being interviewed.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:30 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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So it's okay for communist Chinese to come play basketball, but it's not okay for communist Cubans to come play baseball?
Are there even any Chinese players in MLB? I know of some Japanese and some Koreans, but I don't think I know of even one Chinese MLB player
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:31 pm to dawgfan24348
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Jesus frick that is one stupid take. Did you get your masters at Devry
Where did you get your Master degree?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:34 pm to Diamondawg
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I quit watching MLB for many reasons but one is that there aren't enough American players. I follow college baseball. I would prefer to have some point of reference when watching MLB. Many good college athletes are beaten out by joses that can't speak English.
73% of players on Opening Day rosters were acquired through the draft. That's 549 players. That includes Canada and Puerto Rico, as they fall under the draft and not the international free agent process. Of that 549, 59% were drafted from 4 year colleges.
So 44% of the players on opening day rosters came from 4 year schools, while only 27% were signed internationally.
If you think 1/4th of the league is too many, that's more of a reflection on you than on the league.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:35 pm to Homesick Tiger
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Don't laugh but the Brazilians have damn near taken over the Professional Bull Riders association. They are making good money and taking every dime of it back home. I have yet to hear more than one or two that doesn't need a translator when being interviewed.
Brazil is also likely to be one of the next big baseball pipelines.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:38 pm to BBONDS25
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While I hope they find a way to allow Cubans to come play without defecting, you must have missed this part: "erroneous interpretation ...the Cuban Baseball Federation was not part of Cuba’s communist government"
Yeah, I'm selling the fact that the Chinese Basketball Association isn't controlled in any way by the communist central government of China.
Who's buying?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:38 pm to jchamil
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Are there even any Chinese players in MLB? I know of some Japanese and some Koreans, but I don't think I know of even one Chinese MLB player
China doesn't really have a great baseball developmental structure. There are no players that grew up playing in China in MLB. Austin Brice was born in Hong Kong, but was drafted out of a North Carolina high school.
Japan, South Korea, and Chinese Taipei are the major baseball powers in Asia.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:39 pm to conservativewifeymom
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You gotta link to that?!?!
You're joking, right?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:41 pm to BBONDS25
Still in college regardless it doesn't take away from what you said being insanely asinine
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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You're joking, right?
Ming was an exception. An exception and an influx are not the same thing.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to ProjectP2294
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China doesn't really have a great baseball developmental structure. There are no players that grew up playing in China in MLB. Austin Brice was born in Hong Kong, but was drafted out of a North Carolina high school.
I didn't think there were, I misread that post anyway, I didn't see it was about Chinese basketball players.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to conservativewifeymom
Those jobs should go to American's First!
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to Diamondawg
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I quit watching MLB for many reasons but one is that there aren't enough American players. I follow college baseball. I would prefer to have some point of reference when watching MLB. Many good college athletes are beaten out by joses that can't speak English.
This sums up the sentiment of a large portion of people who stopped watching baseball when they allowed the darkies to play with whites. unreal how backwoods and ignorant some Americans still are in 2019.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to conservativewifeymom
read the whole article in the link. MLB teams signing a contract, the part below is what i believe is "against current US law". is essence, MLB would be paying the Cuban government a kickback for signing players. Imagine a $10m contract and a team paying the Cuban Government $1.5-2.5m....
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Under the deal agreed by MLB and the Cuban federation in December, MLB teams were going to pay the federation a fee ranging from 15 percent to 25 percent of the value of player contracts
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:43 pm to conservativewifeymom
Muh shortstop!
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:45 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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So it's okay for communist Chinese to come play basketball, but it's not okay for communist Cubans to come play baseball?
Nope...
Neither should be allowed to be employed here.
America first!
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:45 pm to Loserman
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Those jobs should go to American's First!
What's funny is that the top Cuban players are coming over anyway. The new system was just going to make that process safer for them.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:45 pm to tigeraddict
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Imagine a $10m contract and a team paying the Cuban Government $1.5-2.5m....
That sounds close to being athletic slavery does it not?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:46 pm to ShreveportHog94
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This sums up the sentiment of a large portion of people who stopped watching baseball when they allowed the darkies to play with whites. unreal how backwoods and ignorant some Americans still are in 2019.
Go frick yourself, you race-baiting pile of shite.
Comparing Dominicans with Black Americans. Yeah, we see right through you.
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