[T.Smith]

Why can't we just leave it so that the most qualified people get the jobs?

[AU72]

And there are few too whites in the NBA.

[Sam's Army]

"Making baseball a more diverse sport is something we both agreed on and felt it was a need for the future."

Hmmm...a major influx of Asian and Carribbean players in the last 15 years and the sport isn't "diverse" enough?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

we must celebrate diversity, even if it means diluting the final product../s

[RetiredArmy]

Because they all think they will be the next Michael Jordan, Hank my man. Just look in the hood. You don’t see black kids playing baseball. Even six year olds are bouncing a basketball between their legs, doing tricks with the ball, all planning, against unbelieveable odds that they will be the next Michael or LeBron. They all think they are it. No school, no problem. I am going to be the next LeBron. Who cares if I can read, write, spell, whatever. That is what I will pay my agent to do for me. I.E. Mike Tyson. Can’t spell his name, but can name the last four winners of Dancing with the Stars!

[pissant]

I’m worried about the lack of japanese in pro basketball and the lack of pygmies in the NFL.

[ClearCase_guy]

Any white guy who said: “Whites have played an important role in basketball. The decline is a problem and I feel like I can make the difference.” would be pilloried. Sharpton and the media would go ballistic.

[Living Free in NH]

Why isn’t the race baiter worried about the NHL?

[Vaquero]

There all too busy playing Gangsta-ball.

[lesser_satan]

It is ironic that the sport in which the color barrier was broken now has almost no black guys playing. It’s all white and Hispanic guys, although I bet there will be a very large number of Asians playing in 15 years.

[KenmcG414]

Aaron’s full of garbage. There are more “ballpayers of color” than ever before in the history of the game. He only refers to so-called Afro-Americans and does not include those of hispanic culture.

[Clemenza]

Actually Hank, baseball is DOMINANTED by blacks. Its just that they happen to be blacks who speak Spanish.

Gotta love how having a Spanish surname automatically makes you non-black, even if you are Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols, Mariano Rivera, etc.

[napscoordinator]

Can’t make a horse drink from the stream (whatever that saying is). You can give everyone the opportunity to begin playing baseball at a young age, but you can’t force anyone. It appears there might not be enough interest. Try another sport and see how it is going.

[EyeGuy]

I wonder how Hammerin’ Hank would feel if say, Whitey Honkeyboy, a slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals were about to break his record as opposed to a member of his self-defined tribe.

If Aaron truly wants to do “his” race some good he should speak longly and loudly about the FUNDAMENTAL importance of a stable nuclear family. Brothas need to stop actin’ like Tomcats and sistas need to stop acting like Ho’s.

[AIM-54]

I don’t watch pro sports anymore, but if I did, I would issue a major yawn over this sort of whining.

[TommyDale]

Perhaps Aaron should go out to the hood and suggest this to all the gang bangers, and encourage them to play baseball.

[Sicon]

What Aaron should be worried about is too many punks like Lastings Milledge (arrogant, wanna-be pimp/rapper thugs) getting into the league and giving black baseball players a bad name.

And as someone else points out, is Aaron worried about too few whites in basketball? Didn't think so.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The implication is that it is due to racism.
How about football or basketball? Is there a “problem” there? Why no racism there?

[HEY4QDEMS]

Asked if he'll be involved when Barry Bonds breaks his home run record, Aaron answered: "I don't have a comment. I don't want to be a part of that discussion."

AKA, I'm a complete no class a-hole.

[Gideon Reader]

I am personally upset that there are too few Inuits, Buddhists and Sikhs in Polo. (Horse or Water)
I have also noticed a marked exclusion of unsighted Ashkenazic Jewish persons in competitive large bore rifle shooting.(None at the last Camp Perry matches, and to their shame none from the U.S.Olympic Biathlon team)
This obvious religious and race based prejudice is both unconscionable and disgusting.
I know of many short persons who would love a chance to demonstrate their athletic skills and earn lucrative contracts in the NBA.
Stop the Exclusion. Fair Play for the Odd.

[Chi-townChief]

Hank could always hit a baseball but he never was the sharpest tack.