Why Black People Don't Play Baseball! 

Yeah I didn't want to draw a distinction black people's ethnicities.

Taught myself to catch throwing a ball off a wall i was so close to the wall throwing as hard as i could i had a arm my eyes was watching that ball closely to see what it was going to do so i could react quick enough to get there i had to go get it when it hit that wall you had to be quick i was throwing it hard and fast in Alabama heat i was having fun but i was getting at it Hours at a time because I was bored. Taught myself to hit and swing picking up and dropping Oster shells and rocks for hours not knowing i was actually training myself. from that I Learned how to place the ball where I wanted it. placement was fun For some reason I could slow the ball down in my mind it looked like it was coming at me in slow motion I taught myself how to choke up on the bat to leverage my swing the people in the stands would yell out "boy he choking that turkey" i had know clue what that meant i still don't. Friends convinced me to come out and play baseball but football was my sport. Baseball was to slow of a game I went out anyway got teased because they said I was trying to be pretty or be flashey I developed a flashey style from throwing off the wall and a hitting style from the rocks and Oster shells i had to be quick hitting before they hit the ground. I played center field. Ball hit in the air I scoop it like off the wall throw it quick and fast like off the wall entertaining myself having fun not allowing myself to be bored ground ball I pick it throw in one motion too flashey they say I was flying around having fun a bouncer I charge it I had a side arm throwing motion while in the air throw in any direction I was having fun they called it trying to be pretty or flashey my arm was strong I could throw it on a rope from center field. I was starting but after a while the game was slow and all the negative talk . Nah baseball wasn't for me Mobile Alabama 1974 freshman year. my nephew now plays baseball for Murphy high school 10th grade fast sophomore fast my younger brother his father talented decided not to play. Kardrius toney Kansas city chiefs super bowl winner same neighborhood same high school his uncles never played but we saw what they could do.. so many greats we have never seen. My grandson kamari Davis plays football fast doesn't like baseball I tried convincing him with that speed no to slow of a game . So much talent not playing.

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Oh I forgot to add info about home runs (I didn't get very many) but there was a sidewalk like 50 yards from home plate.

Same here in SoCal…

I was going to say the same thing. Exact same rules here in Houston. We also played “rooftops,” which meant we could play the ball for an out if we caught it in the air after it bounced off the roof of a house or car.

@@kylesmith6306 Oh man, I forgot about roof tops! I grew up down by Victoria.

Baseball rules!

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To be fair, I think most people like to use time wisely. The boring argument is more an argument of familiarity as far as I can tell. Most things that you don't watch too often tend to be boring, and when you're into something, it's not so boring anymore. That can be said about most sports, for people who don't watch that sport. Like you said, there are many great players from outside of America, and some of them are the most talented, and most entertaining.

Also, I think baseball is less popular these days because there's just way more going on that's captivating people's attention.

Like golf..boring to watch..very very fun to play

Well it needs a comeback

Russell Wilson played college baseball, Kyler Murray was I believe all state baseball player.

Both were drafted by MLB teams. Wilson drafted to Batimore and Murray was drafted to Oakland.

Where'd you get that 70% of boys growing up in single parent households stat from?

Really? Weird. Welcome!

@@WeGonBeAlright in do ya thang says: how come blacks don't play baseball

I did. It's incredible!

@@WeGonBeAlright I figured that most critics of baseball would appreciate the rule changes. It makes the game so much better. I’m still waiting to maybe one day see a serious test game or series with those rules. The bananas are great and all, but they really aren’t as good as Rookie Advanced or AA ball.

Iagree. The greatest baseball players have been black and brown the last 25 years.

@@WeGonBeAlright Mookie Bets message was directed to you bro. There's no white people holding the sport back from black people. It's a personal thing if you like it or not. Maybe some black people have the idea that baseball fans are racist or too old fashion or whatever, idk, but that's exactly why Mookie was inviting you to the ballpark IMO, so you could experience the sport up close.

And no one said White people were holding us back

@@WeGonBeAlright Your video was well made, and you seem to be speaking from the heart, but I don't understand the message behind this video. It's titled Why black people don't play baseball, but that isn't true, because black people dominate the sport. Could they play other professional sports on the same level? Sure, but they play baseball. I could make a video titled Why Mexicans don't play basketball, and that would make sense because there's only one Mexican born player in the NBA lol but uhh...my dog...the best player in the MLB today (Aaron Judge) is half black, and the most dominant player in MLB history (Barry Bonds) is black and he broke a black man's all time home run record (Hank Aaron) before he retired.

The title of the video is in reference to the fact that 7% of (american) black people make up the MLB. The lowest percentage since it's high in 1981. thats nko a lot and it's getting worse. There's no use in using approximations in titles to RU-vid videos.

My dude, did you watch the video?

Everyone’s not Michael jordan lol

Okay... www.forbes.com/sites/anthonystitt/2022/04/07/for-the-first-time-in-63-years-the-phillies-have-no-black-american-player-on-opening-day-roster/?sh=49c888d417db

@@WeGonBeAlright why aren't white people playing basketball?

@@kevinsb70 ikr. Guys who play baseball are like Byron buxton and Adam Jones ans guys who play football are like Greg hardy and ray rice😬also like u said he must not count black Dominican players as black only cuz they’re not American “black”

@@WeGonBeAlright that is talking about black Americans, you shouldn't discount other "black" people just because they aren't American.

@@flaquis2729 that's why I say it's cultural not racial. This guy won't count black latinos as black. If he did his argument would fall flat right off the bat. He's the one exposing why black americans don't watch baseball, and it boils down to them wanting to see more representation of their own racial group. Black Latinos dominate baseball, but it isn't his culture so he won't watch... Who's fault is it then?

So, like, you're just going to ignore the dwindling rate at which black people are represented in MLB?

@@WeGonBeAlright If you only watch football and basketball becase you feel more "represented", then don't put it on baseball when you are the one who've decided not to participate for cultural and racial reasons.

@@WeGonBeAlright are black latinos black too or not? You're gonna need to define who's black ans who's not my man.

There's no point in drawing a distinction between different black ethnicities. How you can watch this video and think I watch basketball and football instead of baseball because "no representation" is beyond me.

@@WeGonBeAlright Then what do you mean by "dwindling rate at which black people are represented in MLB?" Cuz you either don't watch any baseball at all or you don't count Latinos as black. That statement simply isn't true, and you know it. You can't be telling people that blacks are underrepresented in baseball, that's a lie, and very disrespectful to all those who fought to make the sport accessible for people of all races and ethnicities.

I addrees that in the video description.