Major League Baseball Profits from New Change in Immigration Law Diane M. Grassi

The Sierra Times ^ | 2-18-07 | Diane M. Grassi

[N. Theknow]

Fact of the matter is that baseball is on the outs among African-Americans and has been for years. It's not MLB's fault black kids would rather play basketball and football, and find baseball boring.

Unlike basketball and football, baseball players hardly ever go directly from high school,(I think David Clyde was the last one to be given a shot at it by the Texas Rangers in 1973, against stern warnings from then manager Billy Martin)or early college, or even after college to playing at the Major League level.

Hitting or throwing a major league pitch ( of any kind) is a lot more difficult than outrunning a 300 pound defensive lineman or dunking a basketball on a fast break.

One manager told me that most people from T-ball through high school have never played in as many baseball games in their lives as one major or even minor league season. And most players do not get to the major leagues until after their 500th baseball game.

With that daunting of a task to reach the upper echelons of a sport, it is little wonder that basketball and football are more appealing.

[justiceseeker93]

What's the big deal about this article? She's only talking about visa changes for a few (mostly Dominican) minor league players. Hardly affects American society adversely the way illegal immigration does.

So far as I know, there's no special quick path to American citizenship for foreign professional athletes - unless Selig and crew manage to have something sneaked into the new immigration bill now being debated in Congress.

If you want to talk about the hypocrisy and fraud of Schmucky Selig and his gang, you can write a whole book about it, and immigration would be only a small part.

What else do you expect from a bunch of lefty Dummycrats?