MLB reclassified Negro League as major league
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@Ikasnu said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
It really intrigues me to think about some of these things. Would Babe Ruth be the player he is if the league he played in incorporated blacks?
It comes down to Quantity vs Quality. Negro Leagues had the top tier talent. White league ( MLB ) had the depth due to population size and ability to fund multiple minor league teams.
So to the point of Babe Ruth ... I would imagine he would still be a great player but not seen in the same light due to less accomplishments ( due to overall increased pitching talent ) and negro players doing as well as he did , perhaps even better.
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I hope it will, all for diversity in any way, shape or form and I'd love to use some of this big names from the Negro Leagues. Side note, it's well overdue they're recognized as major leaguers too.
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Dumb question. But were there MLB players of Hispanic descent in MLB before Jackie?
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@Ikasnu said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
It really intrigues me to think about some of these things. Would Babe Ruth be the player he is if the league he played in incorporated blacks?
Ruth barnstormed all the time and played with and against Negro league players, to the ire of certain commissioners.
Many of his Negro league contemporaries said he was the best they had ever seen.
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@sbevans142 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
Dumb question. But were there MLB players of Hispanic descent in MLB before Jackie?
Rafael Almeida
Armando Marsans
1911MLB owners of the era didn't care so much about heritage as they did about skin color. So the Carlos Correas and Jose Altuves of the world would have had few if any issues while Acuna & Vlad wouldn't have been so lucky.
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@sbevans142 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
Dumb question. But were there MLB players of Hispanic descent in MLB before Jackie?
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@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
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@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
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@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
The reduction of number of Black players is due to funding. A lot of great articles out there about why diminishing numbers. Has nothing to do with talent.
If you think about it , MLB and why less black players mirrors a lot of today issues with minority poverty and opportunities
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@raesONE said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
Very good point
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@raesONE said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
I'm pretty sure the the MLB pays the best but beside that the rest of that is correct.
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@bayareaj1991 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@raesONE said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
I'm pretty sure the the MLB pays the best but beside that the rest of that is correct.
Nope, per year averages , NBA pays the best , due in part to playing at Major level at younger age. Top level players are paid 40+ mil a year in NBA and every team had one or multiple. The few teams that don’t have one , other teams have 2. Lol the Pirates whole payroll is less than 2 NBA players on some teams.
So yeah , emphatically, you are wrong.
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Just checked. MLB average salary is a smudge under 4 mil. NBA average salary is over 10 million. So yeah , wayyyyyyy wrong.
Google is your friend.
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@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@bayareaj1991 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@raesONE said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
I'm pretty sure the the MLB pays the best but beside that the rest of that is correct.
Nope, per year averages , NBA pays the best , due in part to playing at Major level at younger age. Top level players are paid 40+ mil a year in NBA and every team had one or multiple. The few teams that don’t have one , other teams have 2. Lol the Pirates whole payroll is less than 2 NBA players on some teams.
So yeah , emphatically, you are wrong.
Okay. I did no major research on this but it just seems that when a lot of pro athletes get interviewed about money they joke about how they should have went with baseball. Plus the fact that there is no salary cap but I guess if you have actually researched this then thanks for clarifying that.
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@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
Just checked. MLB average salary is a smudge under 4 mil. NBA average salary is over 10 million. So yeah , wayyyyyyy wrong.
Google is your friend.
Well as of last season NBA was 7.7 million but yes this year coming up it is expected to be 10 million while baseball is 4.4 million. No reason to be rude though. I never told the guy he was wrong or that I knew for sure. I just said that I was pretty sure which is based off of what I have heard a lot of athletes say so I assumed they were right considering you know they are in the actual business.
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@bayareaj1991 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
Just checked. MLB average salary is a smudge under 4 mil. NBA average salary is over 10 million. So yeah , wayyyyyyy wrong.
Google is your friend.
Well as of last season NBA was 7.7 million but yes this year coming up it is expected to be 10 million while baseball is 4.4 million. No reason to be rude though. I never told the guy he was wrong or that I knew for sure. I just said that I was pretty sure which is based off of what I have heard a lot of athletes say so I assumed they were right considering you know they are in the actual business.
When you say “ the rest of that is correct”. You are implying the notes part is wrong.
So yes, you said he was wrong.
Yes you hedge before that and said pretty sure , but then contradicted yourself a few sentences later and indeed say he was wrongFurthermore, hearsay and I heard someone say this or that is a poor way to enlighten yourself in life.
Our president always says “ I heard “ and look where that got us.
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@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
I think the perception that MLB players make more comes from the early 2000s era when ARod and them were making ridiculous-for-the-time contracts. I think within the past 10+ years the NBA has passed the MLB. I also did no research however
Salaries are directly tied to TV revenue
NBA players have smaller team size 15(17) if you count two way players. MLB has 25.
As NBA tv revenue has increased closer to mlb revenue, the NBA passed MLB due to the lesser amount of players.
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@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
Ok, so let me get this straight. You make the assumption that the Negro Leagues were better than their White counterparts in the MLB. Can I ask how you base this opinion? Don’t get me wrong there were some great players in those leagues but it’s a stretch to say that it was the superior league. Extrapolation’s like this can’t be made due to the situation that you’re making for an argument. I mean I could say that the Japan Nippon baseball league is superior to the MLB because they have/had great players like Sadaharo Oh (world record holder for most homers) and others like Ichiro and Matsui. It’s false logic because we don’t play those teams or have any relationship outside of an annual barnstorming and goodwill series event at the end of the year with a few decent players being featured on both sides. And yes we have the WBC every so many years but it’s far from a true determinant as many clubs block their top players from playing or the top players just choose not to participate. So it’s a wildly absurd assumption to say they were the better league.
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@bayareaj1991 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@raesONE said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@WDK19 said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
@CalisGW said in MLB reclassified Negro League as major league:
About time , Negro league players were far better than their white counterparts. MLB was minor leagues compared to Negro league if you thought about it.
I don't know about this statement. Sure there were fantastic Negro League players, many of them mentioned in this thread. And there have been many awesome black players since Jackie Robinson: Aaron, Gibson, Griffey, etc. But if what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t the current MLB be dominated by black players the way the NFL and NBA are? Now if you lump in Hispanics with the Negro Leagues you may have a point.
Obviously this is a very slippery slope to debate about. I am in no way arguing any sort of white supremacy and I hope nobody takes it that way.
I think you provided the answer yourself. I think many young black athletes who excel in athletics usually excel in more than one sport. The NBA and NFL are far more desired destinations because they pay better and the path to a good pay check is way shorter. Nobody wants to play years in the minor leagues, 1 injury away from never making it to the bigs. There have been plenty of examples of guys who chose the NBA or the NFL over a career in baseball for that reason alone, not even mentioning the fact that football and basketball are considered "sexier" than baseball. I have no doubt in my mind that some NBA or NFL super athletes would be all-star level MLB players IF they had dedicated their lives to playing baseball from their early 20s.
I'm pretty sure the the MLB pays the best but beside that the rest of that is correct.
Only the top of the MLB contracts maybe, but the NBA and NFL contract pay way more early on which is often a deciding factor for a lot of these guys because it gives financial security during the early years, while MLB prospects only have their signing bonuses along with a minor league deal which isn't all that much. The path to the majors can be long and sometimes they don't even make it, while being a 1st round draft pick in the NFL gives you financial stability pretty much from day 1. Not to mention the NBA which is by far the best league to play in as an athlete from many perspectives, also financially.
