Of the 16 starting position players at the 2006 All Star game, 10 are from abroad.

Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

Starters-------- C -- Paul Lo Duca, New York .302 3 301B -- Albert Pujols, St. Louis .316 29 762B -- Chase Utley, Philadelphia .312 16 53SS -- Edgar Renteria, Atlanta .318 9 353B -- David Wright, New York .316 20 74OF -- Jason Bay, Pittsburgh .284 21 66OF -- Carlos Beltran, New York .279 25 68OF -- Alfonso Soriano, Washington .272 27 56</PRE>
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Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

This countrty is producing less and less...I spoke about the lack of american black baseball players back in 2002 right here on this forum, and look 4 years later it's even worse.

And without the black athletes MLB will continue to drift further and further away from the states for its talent.

charleslanger · Jul 10, 2006

and all 16 came from a broad.

Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

charleslanger said:
and all 16 came from a broad.

I knew that was coming.:missingte

Arodd · Jul 10, 2006

the real question is...who cares?

haha not dissing you journey but i love the fact that there's great international representaiton.
plus 20+ of the pitchers are Americans.

Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

dsethi said:
the real question is...who cares?

haha not dissing you journey but i love the fact that there's great international representaiton.
plus 20+ of the pitchers are Americans.

nobody cares....obviously black american youth don't, I sure don't

ucking:

kids don't play baseball the way they did 20-30 years ago in America, that is a fact.

Arodd · Jul 10, 2006

eh there's too many sports to choose from...oh well, still a great game...

Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

dsethi said:
eh there's too many sports to choose from...oh well, still a great game...

I don't think kids today in the USA are nearly as active...too much access to lazy activities like the internet.

Arodd · Jul 10, 2006

possibly, or developing other interests besides sports...don't know if i'd call it laziness or not

sucks b/c playing sports during youth builds character and teaches valuable life lessons.

BankerC · Jul 10, 2006

Kids don't play baseball becuse of that cocksucker Mario and his Sorry ass brother Luigi. Video games and the Internet have turned our kids and future leaders of american into fat, lazy, dorks with glasses.

DonMelchor · Jul 10, 2006

BankerC said:
Kids don't play baseball becuse of that cocksucker Mario and his Sorry ass brother Luigi. Video games and the Internet have turned our kids and future leaders of american into fat, lazy, dorks with glasses.

:lolBIG:

charleslanger · Jul 10, 2006

BankerC said:
Kids don't play baseball becuse of that cocksucker Mario and his Sorry ass brother Luigi. Video games and the Internet have turned our kids and future leaders of american into fat, lazy, dorks with glasses.

You know, that is so happening to me: i work/write/bet/have sex on the web..i've even stopped eating, so as to not have to leave the computer...

Puccini · Jul 10, 2006

Good point, Journeyman.

We're so used to thinking of baseball as America's game. But look at the World Baseball Classic--America got destroyed.

So many people I know said, well, any MLB team could destroy the teams in the World Baseball Classic--but who makes up the MLB teams? Not just a bunch of Americans anymore!

Question to soccer fans: could the major teams, like Real Madrid, Manchester (or whoever, I don't really know much about soccer) easily beat the national teams that we see in the World Cup? I guess that question could also be asked about hockey vis-a-vis the Olympics too.

I would assume so, since professional teams don't have to worry about nationality--they just get the best players period.

Maybe the World Baseball Classic isn't such a bad idea after all? The knee-jerk reaction so many people had against it was based on a "of course America is best at baseball" attitude. An attitude that maybe isn't so valid anymore.

Journeyman · Jul 10, 2006

Puccini said:
Good point, Journeyman.

We're so used to thinking of baseball as America's game. But look at the World Baseball Classic--America got destroyed.

So many people I know said, well, any MLB team could destroy the teams in the World Baseball Classic--but who makes up the MLB teams? Not just a bunch of Americans anymore!

Question to soccer fans: could the major teams, like Real Madrid, Manchester (or whoever, I don't really know much about soccer) easily beat the national teams that we see in the World Cup? I guess that question could also be asked about hockey vis-a-vis the Olympics too.

I would assume so, since professional teams don't have to worry about nationality--they just get the best players period.

Maybe the World Baseball Classic isn't such a bad idea after all? The knee-jerk reaction so many people had against it was based on a "of course America is best at baseball" attitude. An attitude that maybe isn't so valid anymore.

I really don't think America is the best anymore, especially when the David Ortiz' and Albert Pujols' and the Johan Santana's go back and play for their home country.

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