But he’s not kidding (mostly). He may be attempting to be tongue-in-cheek about it (so as to not ofend his audience, or get a Wedgie, which I’m sure he experienced on a daily basis) but he’s attempting to mentor the kids like he used to be – dorks.

that guy, forget his name, but he also did half nelson, he’s a very talented film maker.

I thought Sugar should have been up for best picture honestly. It wasn’t the best film of the year, but it was in the top 10 for sure IMO.

great locations, as is his style, loved the NY baseball scenes at the end.

Most Cub fans grew up in families in which they could do no wrong. They are drunk entitled frat boys that were in all white fraternities. If you notice, the only black Cubs they ever like are well spoken, aww shucks, ‘uncle tom’ (no offense to anyone just trying to prove a point) types. Any AA player they have had that had an opinion, they’ve run out of town. I believe SS fans are more tolerant since we generally didn’t grow up under these coddled circumstances. Now I know they have booed more white players off the field than AA players, but I believe they may have a shorter fuse with non-white players. If Sammy Sosa was white (but still a prick) they would still be worshiping him to this day. flame away.

wow

but there is no nice way to say people were enslaved.

Im just glad my people didnt get here until later or lived in the north. The slaves in my family have always been the kids.

My girlfriend is a social worker for a certain really dysfunctional school system that has the majority of it’s student base being minorities. The number of kids who she gets that have a life goal of being a pro-athlete despite not even being on the school team is unreal. It would be nice if more minority athletes just went out with a message of “Try your hardest, and maybe just maybe you’ll make it. But have a backup. Hit the books.”

Torii sounds like he is like third or fourth generation Irish or something. “We struggled to get where we are, and now that we’ve made it, it’s time to crap on the next lowest guy on the totem pole for taking our jobs and doing them cheap.”

No honestly, I disagree with MM once again. African American ball players are a huge part of MLB history. The Negro League players who were able to break the color barrier is a huge accomplishment for African American people. I was not around to experience first hand, but I would imagine rooting for an African American on your team would make it easier to root for an African American in your everyday life.

There are too many reasons to list as to why more blacks do not play baseball. I think the number 1 reason is Michael Jordan. When kids grow up they want to root for someone that looks like them, I don’t see many kids in the wild 100s rocking Mark Grace or Paul Konerko jerseys. Secondly, I believe that socially, baseball is not as esteemed in the black community as much as basketball and football. This might make a black player whose first love is baseball to play another sport to fit in (look cool, get the ladies). Lastly, the unfortunate economic situation among many “black kids from the south side of Chicago”. We all know that useful equipment is not cheap. You can get a basketball or football for cheap. Many high schools provide basketball players with shoes and accessories. Same for football. In baseball, all the equipment must be bought by the player or the player’s family. Well obviously, if you do not have the disposable income to buy this equipment, you will push your child towards the cheaper sport. To my shagrin, I envision this problem getting worse. So yes Tdogg, I care too.

i’ve taught there for 4 years…. I have students that can tell me every last player on the houston rockets but couldn’t name 3 guys in the MLB. The interest is just not there. I can remember only 4 students specifically that showed any interest in baseball at all.

Most say baseball is boring. Some are afraid of the ball so they never played it (they never say that but they go into a big thing about getting beaned and how they would snap if that happened leading me to believe they are scared of the ball)

others just think it is a white/spanish sport.

Its kind of a shame because a lot of my favorite players are black…. Harold, Frank, Albert Belle, Dye, Eddie Murray, Eric Davis, Darryl Strawberry, Dr. K…. I got love for the brothers (except T-Dogg because he takes too long to draft).

Then Cleveland, mostly because of Sizemore and their repulsive, Thome-booing asscock fanbase. KC is a mild irritant.

I have no hate for the Tigers. We almost always own them. Sure, they technically stood in the way of a 2006 playoff berth, but I’m over that. Their park is nice (and friendly to the Sox), and Leyland’s entertaining.