The 2024 season

[D-train]

Looking at rosters of @NBA the white American basketball player is pretty much extinct! Sure there are guys in the developmental league l that probably should be on major league teams but it doesn’t happen. 18% is terrible. There is a lot of talk about it but the trending is off.

[D-train]

Good God how did I never hear about this???????????

[Donn Beach]

Looking at rosters of @NBA the white American basketball player is pretty much extinct! Sure there are guys in the developmental league l that probably should be on major league teams but it doesn’t happen. 18% is terrible. There is a lot of talk about it but the trending is off.

The NBA is approximately 70% black and that percentage has been deceasing year to year as I read it. So calling 6% near extinction doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

[D-train]

Looking at rosters of @NBA the white American basketball player is pretty much extinct! Sure there are guys in the developmental league l that probably should be on major league teams but it doesn’t happen. 18% is terrible. There is a lot of talk about it but the trending is off.

The NBA is approximately 70% black and that percentage has been deceasing year to year as I read it. So calling 6% near extinction doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Guessing the increase in white players is due to the Eastern Europeans. 6% is a small number when you compare it to 14% of the population being black but if you exclude non US players it is about 10% of Americans so not crazy and who cares.

[Juliooooo]

Good God how did I never hear about this???????????

That’s a bad call by the umpire.

[D-train]

Good God how did I never hear about this???????????

That’s a bad call by the umpire.

Great point! Should it be called a ball because it was off the plate or a strike to punish the hitter. People get mad when guys bunt to break up a no hitter or perfect game but that is 100x worse.

[Donn Beach]

Looking at rosters of @NBA the white American basketball player is pretty much extinct! Sure there are guys in the developmental league l that probably should be on major league teams but it doesn’t happen. 18% is terrible. There is a lot of talk about it but the trending is off.

The NBA is approximately 70% black and that percentage has been deceasing year to year as I read it. So calling 6% near extinction doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Guessing the increase in white players is due to the Eastern Europeans. 6% is a small number when you compare it to 14% of the population being black but if you exclude non US players it is about 10% of Americans so not crazy and who cares.

But white players isn't increasing, it seems to hold firm around 18% black players is declining, it was 84% not so long ago. Yeah, European players are primarily white aren't they?... The deal with baseball is the percentage of black players is declining. It was as high as 18% in the 70s. I think that's what people find concerning about the 6% now. Why has baseball become less appealing to black athletes? In terms of who cares, I think MLB cares. I don't believe they feel it's healthy to lose that segment of the population participating in their sport.

[Juliooooo]

Good God how did I never hear about this???????????

That’s a bad call by the umpire.

Great point! Should it be called a ball because it was off the plate or a strike to punish the hitter. People get mad when guys bunt to break up a no hitter or perfect game but that is 100x worse.

Not sure the rule, but he didn’t avoid it, which by rule in mlb is not a hbp

[Donn Beach]

I don't see anything there that is obviously the batter trying to get hit. If the perfect game wasn't an issue it just goes down as HBP

[D-train]

The NBA is approximately 70% black and that percentage has been deceasing year to year as I read it. So calling 6% near extinction doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Guessing the increase in white players is due to the Eastern Europeans. 6% is a small number when you compare it to 14% of the population being black but if you exclude non US players it is about 10% of Americans so not crazy and who cares.

But white players isn't increasing, it seems to hold firm around 18% black players is declining, it was 84% not so long ago. Yeah, European players are primarily white aren't they?... The deal with baseball is the percentage of black players is declining. It was as high as 18% in the 70s. I think that's what people find concerning about the 6% now. Why has baseball become less appealing to black athletes? In terms of who cares, I think MLB cares. I don't believe they feel it's healthy to lose that segment of the population participating in their sport.

They hired Griffey over 3 years ago as a token that they care but here we are at 6%.

The only reason to care is DEI reasons. Every player in the league is a human being and that is all that matters. If there were more black players there would be less White and Hispanic or Asian players. How is it a good thing to have less of those races. Are they inferior???

https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/01/29/ken-g ... re%20stars.