In an interview with GQ magazine that's currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers designated hitter said Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control.
"I called it years ago. What I called is that you're going to see more black faces, but there ain't no English going to be coming out. … [It's about] being able to tell [Latin players] what to do -- being able to control them," he told the magazine.
"Where I'm from, you can't control us. You might get a guy to do it that way for a while because he wants to benefit, but in the end, he is going to go back to being who he is. And that's a person that you're going to talk to with respect, you're going to talk to like a man.
"These are the things my race demands. So, if you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys."
According to a 2005 report by the University of Central Florida Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, only 8.5 percent of major leaguers were African American -- the lowest percentage since the report was initiated in the mid-1980s. By contrast, whites comprised 59.5 percent of the majors' player pool, Latinos 28.7 percent and Asians 2.5.
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In an interview with GQ magazine that's currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers designated hitter said Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most prevalent minority because they are easier to control.
hmmm.... a man takes some ships to Africa and gets many natives to jump aboard and take them to another land....
Spain invades a nation of "latinos" and a fight is put up...
yea, Sheffields a moron....
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hes an idiot, kids aint got baseball fields to play on in the inner city and its not a cheap game to pick up, maybe Sheff shold put his money where his mouth is and front some parks in the hood.
people who think baseball is boring arent smart enought to keep up, probly the same kind of people who would rather listen to Dipset than GZA or Ras Kass because those guys are boring
the reason why theres fewer blacks in mlb is cuz baseball is boring as sh1t
why play baseball when you can play football or basketball?
This is the answer. Black people just prefer football and basketball. How many black star athletes when given a choice between football, basketball, and baseball choose baseball?
people who think baseball is boring arent smart enought to keep up, probly the same kind of people who would rather listen to Dipset than GZA or Ras Kass because those guys are boring
Part of the reason is football and hoops provide instant gratification. Baseball most of the time, demands that you grind it out in the minors for a minute, and some kids don't wanna do that.
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Sheffield has theory why fewer blacks play MLB
