Sport
Understanding the reason(s) for the decline in the number of African-American baseball players
Monday, July 30, 2012
Baseball Hall of Famer., Jackie Robinson. PHOTO/File
If you look at the current rosters for the Cubs and the Sox, you’ll only find one African American player, Orlando Hudson.
There were a lot of theories thrown out as to why there are fewer and fewer black or African American faces in the ranks of the Major League Baseball (MLB).
Is the lack of African American players a reason for declining black audiences? Or is declining black interest in baseball in general to blame for the lack of players?
The influx of Latin players has been blamed on the waning African American presence, but it has really just taken up the slack and Latin players have years of experience in quality youth and academic team setting in cultures that treasure the game.