Pirates announcer Steve Blass

[Skeeter31]

That's the point. MLB is generally against African-American culture.

Remember Lastings Milledge giving all the fans high fives? He got ripped to shreds over that, when that's exactly what we need more of.

The World Baseball Classic was also outstanding entertainment when teams like Puerto Rico and the Dominican played. They would just be beaned if they did some of that stuff in the majors. And that SUCKS.

Baseball doesn't have to be the third sport in America- it chooses to be.

You can’t take a Quote that refutes what you’re saying, but only show a portion of it to make it seem like it does agree with you.

[Enscheff]

He said that old school baseball players might be bothered by acuña’s gold chains and jewelry and throw at him.

I'm bothered by Acuna's gold chains because he is constantly messing around with them, and they are clearly a distraction. Guess I'm racist.

Having said that, MLB certainly needs to step up it's efforts to break into the African American communities. I'm not going to pretend like I have the silver bullet for fixing race relations that have been strained for hundreds of years, but clearly it's an issue. MLB is missing out on a huge pool of athletes, so they should work to tap into that pool.

[NinersSBChamps]

The NFL needs to address its racist roots too.
Why can’t white guys play corner and why aren’t there more running backs.