[BadAndy]

Who cares what race the players are except for those obsessed with finding racism? BTW, if 8% of the population is black and 10% of players are black, whats the problem?

[atlaw]

Actually, according to an April 2003 population report based on the Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey, the percentage of black americans overall was 13% in March 2002, and according to a May 16, 2003 SI article by Mike Fish, the percentage of black major league baseball players at the beginning of the 2003 season was 10.5%.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Who cares what race the players are except for those obsessed with finding racism? BTW, if 8% of the population is black and 10% of players are black, whats the problem?

You are right. What matters is whether there is a barrier to entry or not. Since there is not, (an athlete is an athlete) then there is nothing else to see here.