Various Observations in Written Form: Sheffield opens mouth, says something stupid
According to this ESPN article, Gary Sheffield has told GQ magazine that the reason that there are fewer African-Americans in the major leagues than at virtually any time since integration is because Latin players are "easier to control" than African-Americans.
What hilarious excrement. It takes absolutely zero time to come up with exceptions to Sheffield's rule. Jose Guillen, anyone? Carlos Zambrano? One has been run off of a million teams, and another will be soon. Or, on the African-American side, not all ballplayers are incorrigible idiots like Sheffield. Ken Griffey, anyone? C.C. Sabathia?
I'd like more African-Americans in baseball again, but I do believe that pro sports is the closest thing our society has to a meritocracy. Inner-city blacks just don't play baseball much, so the most talented athletes become pro in basketball and football. There's a smaller pool of African-Americans playing baseball from the get-go. They're not being shut out.
Sheffield has been a moron twice in one week now: first, talking about an umpiring conspiracy, and now this.
I look forward to Sheffield being shouted down.
Posted by TeacherRefPoet at 10:54 AM
Apparently this man never lived in Venezuela and survived a coup...twice. When I read his statement, I didn't know who to defend. It's demeaning to both races and so stereotypical. What a jerk!
Various Observations in Written Form: Sheffield opens mouth, says something stupid
According to this ESPN article, Gary Sheffield has told GQ magazine that the reason that there are fewer African-Americans in the major leagues than at virtually any time since integration is because Latin players are "easier to control" than African-Americans.
What hilarious excrement. It takes absolutely zero time to come up with exceptions to Sheffield's rule. Jose Guillen, anyone? Carlos Zambrano? One has been run off of a million teams, and another will be soon. Or, on the African-American side, not all ballplayers are incorrigible idiots like Sheffield. Ken Griffey, anyone? C.C. Sabathia?
I'd like more African-Americans 
in baseball again, but I do believe that pro sports is the closest thing our society has to a meritocracy. Inner-city blacks just don't play baseball much, so the most talented athletes become pro in basketball and football. There's a smaller pool of African-Americans playing baseball from the get-go. They're not being shut out.
Sheffield has been a moron twice in one week now: first, talking about an umpiring conspiracy, and now this.
I look forward to Sheffield being shouted down.
Posted by TeacherRefPoet at 10:54 AM
Apparently this man never lived in Venezuela and survived a coup...twice. When I read his statement, I didn't know who to defend. It's demeaning to both races and so stereotypical. What a jerk!