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Originally Posted by Winless Wonders  I would just like to add that I have been reading for some time that baseball has been on the decline with inner city kids because they don't have decent equipment to play with. You need bats, bases, helmets, etc. For basketball all you need is a ball and a hoop and for football all you need is a football. Also kids see the big dollars that basketball and football players make. You really have to have a love for the game of baseball to spend years in the minor leagues making next to nothing and riding buses versus riding the bench as the 12th man as a rookie on an NBA club collecting a couple of million bucks and traveling 1st class and staying in the best hotels. |
One thing to add: A lot of cities are getting outta the parks-and-rec biz and leaving it to nonprofit sports organizations, which tend to be permeated with white privilege. Detroit has an organization called Think Detroit that provides sport opportunities for kids (including baseball) in the city but they're barely scratching the surface.