MLB can add Negro Leagues to official records but can never change what it did to Black players

[rightwinger]

What is most offensive of what Baseball did to black players is that this can’t be blamed on Southern Jim Crow laws.

There were no MLB teams in the South. Closest were Washington and St Louis. Cities like NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Boston had significant black populations and intentionally chose to exclude blacks.

So Blacks had more time to study and become professionals and instead chose instead to cry.

They were prohibited from becoming professionals

Actually they were professionals, just in a separate league.

Remember minor league baseball is professional as well.

They were prevented from joining the American and National Leagues.

As we saw yesterday, those Negro Leagues were not considered professional Big League baseball.
Separate but equal was not equal

The problem with the Black community is that 99% of their kids think they're going to be millionaires if they spend every moment out of school playing a sport.

Maybe so
But sports build values and keeps them out of trouble. They are also an incentive to attend class

Yeah. Just what our schools need. A bunch of students just going though the motions so they can keep playing sports.

Yes it keeps athletes in school

 

[Indeependent]

What is most offensive of what Baseball did to black players is that this can’t be blamed on Southern Jim Crow laws.

There were no MLB teams in the South. Closest were Washington and St Louis. Cities like NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Boston had significant black populations and intentionally chose to exclude blacks.

So Blacks had more time to study and become professionals and instead chose instead to cry.

They were prohibited from becoming professionals

Actually they were professionals, just in a separate league.

Remember minor league baseball is professional as well.

They were prevented from joining the American and National Leagues.

As we saw yesterday, those Negro Leagues were not considered professional Big League baseball.
Separate but equal was not equal

The problem with the Black community is that 99% of their kids think they're going to be millionaires if they spend every moment out of school playing a sport.

Maybe so
But sports build values and keeps them out of trouble. They are also an incentive to attend class

Yeah. Just what our schools need. A bunch of students just going though the motions so they can keep playing sports.

Yes it keeps athletes in school

Have you ever met any of these kids?
99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Under the concept of "you just can't please some people" I give you the article below.

Bryant: MLB can add Negro Leagues to records but can't change what it did to Black players

The decision was met with great applause, but in addition to being reconciliatory, it was also a spectacular display of historical distortion and institutional arrogance.

He also focuses on things like batting average when the real impact is in complied numbers, hits, home runs, wins, strikeouts, etc.

I'm not sure I see the point of this.

The writer, a negro, seems to want MLB to do something more because, clearly, what they've done is not enough, right?

If whatever MLB did to colored players can never be changed, what's the point of whining about it?

 

[Canon Shooter]

But sports build values and keeps them out of trouble.

Yeah, regular model citizens:

Texas high school football player attacks referee after being ejected from game (video)

 

[rightwinger]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

 

[Indeependent]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

I'm sure you have millions of Black janitors cheering you on.

 

[rightwinger]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

I'm sure you have millions of Black janitors cheering you on.

Black Janitors pay more taxes than Trump

 

[Indeependent]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

I'm sure you have millions of Black janitors cheering you on.

Black Janitors pay more taxes than Trump

You are happy that they are janitors.
You don't really care about any one else's life as long as you can blurt your anonymous, emotionally disturbed thoughts.

 

[Canon Shooter]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

I'm sure you have millions of Black janitors cheering you on.

Black Janitors pay more taxes than Trump

Good.

 

[martybegan]

What is most offensive of what Baseball did to black players is that this can’t be blamed on Southern Jim Crow laws.

There were no MLB teams in the South. Closest were Washington and St Louis. Cities like NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Boston had significant black populations and intentionally chose to exclude blacks.

So Blacks had more time to study and become professionals and instead chose instead to cry.

They were prohibited from becoming professionals

Actually they were professionals, just in a separate league.

Remember minor league baseball is professional as well.

They were prevented from joining the American and National Leagues.

As we saw yesterday, those Negro Leagues were not considered professional Big League baseball.
Separate but equal was not equal

They were considered big league by their fans.

Highest level talent amongst their talent pool. Its why only a few of the leagues are being considered for the Stat adjustment.

Not all, only a few? Are those the onese with the best record keeping?

They were the ones with the highest level to talent, and probably the ones people didn't leave to go to another league.

 

[jwoodie]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

You are about as clever as Wile E. Coyote.

 

[martybegan]

Under the concept of "you just can't please some people" I give you the article below.

Bryant: MLB can add Negro Leagues to records but can't change what it did to Black players

The decision was met with great applause, but in addition to being reconciliatory, it was also a spectacular display of historical distortion and institutional arrogance.

He also focuses on things like batting average when the real impact is in complied numbers, hits, home runs, wins, strikeouts, etc.

I'm not sure I see the point of this.

The writer, a negro, seems to want MLB to do something more because, clearly, what they've done is not enough, right?

If whatever MLB did to colored players can never be changed, what's the point of whining about it?

Because he's an asshat.

 

[rightwinger]

99% of them are illiterate which is why they don't even know they have to pay taxes.

Sounds like Trump

Illiterate and doesn’t pay taxes

I'm sure you have millions of Black janitors cheering you on.

Black Janitors pay more taxes than Trump

You are happy that they are janitors.
You don't really care about any one else's life as long as you can blurt your anonymous, emotionally disturbed thoughts.

They work harder than Trump and pay more taxes

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The problem with this lame attempt at reparations is that these records are inflated and therefore phony. This would be the same as incorporating all minor league stats into MLB stats. Totally distorted. Most MLB players played in the minors before the majors. Many MLB-quality players played in the Negro (racist!) Leagues but against mostly minor league caliber players.

 

[jwoodie]

Many MLB-quality players played in the Negro (racist!) Leagues but against mostly minor league caliber players.

The great ones are already in the HOF, so why compromise MLB stats? If anything, keep separate stats for HOF players. And keep out juicers like Bonds and McGwire.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

The problem with this lame attempt at reparations is that these records are inflated and therefore phony. This would be the same as incorporating all minor league stats into MLB stats. Totally distorted. Most MLB players played in the minors before the majors. Many MLB-quality players played in the Negro (racist!) Leagues but against mostly minor league caliber players.

Absolutely. The Negro leagues turned out many exceptional players but by and large it was minor league
level baseball.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Just earth shattering news...yawn

 

[Superbadbrutha]

We have to change the name of the Cleveland Indians but we recognize the Negro League?

Well of course racist dick heads like you don't.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

The problem with this lame attempt at reparations is that these records are inflated and therefore phony. This would be the same as incorporating all minor league stats into MLB stats. Totally distorted. Most MLB players played in the minors before the majors. Many MLB-quality players played in the Negro (racist!) Leagues but against mostly minor league caliber players.

Absolutely. The Negro leagues turned out many exceptional players but by and large it was minor league
level baseball.

Really, so why did they dominate the MLB when given opportunity to play.

 

[Flash]

Fuck the Negroes and revisionist history.