The 2nd half of the 2008 season will kick off on Thursday night.  And your’s truly H30 is kind of upset about what’s going on in the game of baseball.  Last night in the All Star game you had all the legend’s come out and be cheered by the fans of Yankee Stadium.  A good volume of there were African Americans.  Eddie Murry,Dave Winfield,Willie Mays,Hank Aaron etc.  Major League Baseball to me has lost a whole generation of up and coming black baseball talent.  The numbers are just mind blowing.  Thirty years ago there at least 28% African Americans playing baseball.  Now it is down to under 10%.  The Detriot Tigers Center Fielder Curtis Granderson had this to say. ” College team I was by myself, Tee ball by myself , couple little league teams and All Star teams by myself.”

Not only have the baseball players of the African American have left.  But the fans are now no longer coming. ” Count how many fans are black that are in the stands that aren’t working.” Curtis Granderson Detriot Tigers.  It pains me that MVP baseball players Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard could walk down the block and the average African American kid won’t even know them.  But they will know who Adam” don’t call me Pacman” Jones.  It’s a disgrace on what Bud “the dud” Selig has done to the sport.  Yeah hooray you are getting great numbers but you know what part of this sport was build on such great players as Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, Kurby Puckett etc.  And now what really painful to hear is that you got African Americans that want to play but they’re getting black balled.  Angels owner Arte Moreno had this to say when ask about maybe putting Barry Bonds on his team.”We have turned the page and move on.”  Moreno you are the owner but you will not win a world series due to you cannot hit.  And now let’s take a look at another African American ball player who can’t get on a team, and this is Kenny Lofton. Lofton last season in 2007 help beat the New York Yankees in the post season with his outstanding play.

In game one of the 2007 ALDS against New York, he went 3-4 with 4 RBIs and 1 stolen base, tying him with Ricky Henderson for Major League Baseball’s all-time post-season stolen bases record (33). In game two, he went 2 for 3 with two walks and scored the winning run in the 11th inning.

In game three of the 2007 ALCS, he hit a 2-run homer to right-center field against the Boston Red Sox.

In game four of the 2007 ALCS, Lofton earned his 34th career post-season stolen base, setting a new MLB record for playoff steals.  So for the few blacks that are in the game the two can actually play baseball at a high level can’t even get in. Are you trying to tell me that Jason Giambi is more productive than Barry Bonds?  Where is the investigation by the baseball players union? this is garbage on how the MLB has treated the black baseball player and has failed to market this black community.