August West
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Pickup games are indeed extinct but I think it has a lot to do with the lack of kids in the neighborhood. Most baby boomers aren`t having 4 or 5 kids like their parents did.Why aren't Black kids playing baseball?
Numbers suggest Black kids aren't playing baseball, so is there a way to get them onto the diamond?www.today.com
This is another race-bait from NBC. Blame whites, shake down Major League Baseball, etc. The article tries to use economic disparity as a factor but that does not cut it. Baseball is expensive due to equipment and travel.... but so is football. No decline in football among Blacks. Also, how come poor Latinos are finding ways to play baseball yet Blacks aren’t?
Maybe there has just been a flat out decline in interest in Baseball among American Blacks opting for other sports. Hell, interest in Baseball as a whole among ALL youth is experiencing a decline due the rise of other sports such as lacrosse.
Kids of every race aren't playing baseball nearly as much- it isn't just black kids.
I remember when I was a kid, heading off on a summer day and playing in pickup games at a local field in the afternoon. The reason is that there were a lot more kids around in the city back then. Nowadays, the kid population in the urban prairies is a lot thinner, getting enough kids to play basketball is hard enough. A lot more kids in the tremendous suburban subdivisions, but they live a lot further away from each other and that makes it more difficult for the kids just to get to the fields and that.
Pickup / sandlot baseball among all kids is extinct.