[Defiant]

Baseball is a game that fathers teach their sons, and fathers stay involved in up to high school. Anyone look at what has happened to the black family since the 60's?

Basketball is a game the kids can play on the streets without parental involvement. Football is a sport that coaches push kids to play. Baseball is a dad's sport.

[Petronski]

I think you've hit upon the kernel of truth here.

[r9etb]

Baseball is a game that fathers teach their sons, and fathers stay involved in up to high school. Anyone look at what has happened to the black family since the 60's?

I believe you hit the nail squarely on the head here. Last I saw, the illegitimacy rate was something like 80% among inner-city blacks.

[Poodlebrain]

To a certain extent you are correct. But baseball also takes more time and people to learn to play well than basketball, football or soccer. Practicing fielding skills in baseball requires several people whereas practicing basketball or soccer skills can be an individual endeavor.

Then you have to factor in the equipment costs and space requirements for a baseball field as opposed to the other games and it is also a matter of economics as to which games kids play.