Anonymous
04/17/2017 22:53
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.
LOL OP, ever been to a HOCKEY game?
Yes, of course.
Hockey games are crazy white compared to a basbeall game
That I understand because it is a sport that requires ice rinks which are more sparse in black areas. There just hasn't been much outreach, Ft Dupont, notwithstanding.
Baseball has a white fan bases because tickets are a corporate give away mostly and corporate America at the upper echelons is still very #allwhite.
Baseball is so boring they have to give the tickets away.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 22:50
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:OP, is there a suggestion you could make to solve this
problem?
I am thinking about it. For starters, I would ramp up efforts at improving minorities' access to baseball. Diversification must happen on the field too. My extensive baseball card collection includes African American greats from the 1970s and 1980s. That needs to come back. I had not thought about the corporate outing angle. That's a tough thing to overcome. I don't know, maybe I've got issues with gentrification in general... And of course I want people to enjoy themselves.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 22:42
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There's a whole conversation that's been going on in the sports world about how Black people dont play baseball. Adam Jones is one of few. I became aware of the ongoing convo during the Kaepernick take-a-knee thing...and how it wasn't relevant in the baseball world.
OP, if this is something that you are *really* interested in, all you have to do is google "why dont black people play baseball". The first URL was this espn article from a few years ago http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9186117/why-african-americans-play-pro-baseball
Yes, it's just cringe inducing to me to see the lack of diversity in the attendees. It should make everyone feel ashamed.
This
Ashamed of what? That I like baseball, can afford a cheap seat, buy myself a,hotdog an enjoy the game?
What is wrong with people?
Come and see a game, anyone can buy a ticket.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 22:36
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
OP, is there a suggestion you could make to solve this
problem?
problem?
Anonymous
04/17/2017 22:34
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Baseball is an expensive game to play as a child. It requires specialized field space and equipment and organization to field 2 teams to play against each other. Compare that to basketball, which really only requires a ball and hoop and can be played 1 on 1 or with full teams. Baseball hasn't been a popular urban sport in years.
Have you ridden the green line out to a game? Navy yard is like last call for white people on the trains. It's kind of funny.
The Dominican Republic says hello
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:47
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:I heard minorities are boycotting baseball because it is too white.
I support this boycott. Let me enjoy my games in peace.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:40
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Can we just enjoy the game w/o having to worry about Pc/race/politics?
Escapism?
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:39
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:SMH @ this thread. This is what I mean when I say PC goes too far. Stop trying to see race in EVERYTHING. Its annoying.
The fan composition speaks for itself. It's mystifying.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:30
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a non-white, I simply don't have three plus extra hours in a day to pay to sit around eating overpriced food and drinking overpriced beers.
DH and I have to work extra hard during the workweek just to feel that we're as valuable as the white man or woman in the next office, not to mention we don't have the luxury of knowing we have mommy and daddy's trust fund to fall back on.
On the weekends, we take care of our home, do errands, clean our house, and a number of other things that white people have the extra funds to pay someone to do, because they get paid more and have more opportunities just for being white.
Im white from a working poor background.
My weekends look exactly like yours.
+1
Seriously, the generalizations are getting old.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:26
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
SMH @ this thread. This is what I mean when I say PC goes too far. Stop trying to see race in EVERYTHING. Its annoying.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:22
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.
LOL OP, ever been to a HOCKEY game?
Yes, of course.
Hockey games are crazy white compared to a basbeall game
That I understand because it is a sport that requires ice rinks which are more sparse in black areas. There just hasn't been much outreach, Ft Dupont, notwithstanding.
Baseball has a white fan bases because tickets are a corporate give away mostly and corporate America at the upper echelons is still very #allwhite.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:18
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sports in the US = white coaches ordering minority players around on a field or court or whatever. Why would a Black person want to watch that??
You sound like a racist. Are you?
^^this isn't racism, you knob.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 19:16
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
I heard minorities are boycotting baseball because it is too white.
Anonymous
04/17/2017 18:58
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, game after game, streams of fans--almost all of whom are white--at these games. Is there outreach to minority communities? What's going on here--only rich people can afford tickets and parking? It bothers me.
LOL OP, ever been to a HOCKEY game?
Yes, of course.
Hockey games are crazy white compared to a basbeall game
Anonymous
04/17/2017 14:31
Subject: Attendance ar Nationals games is so very white ....
Can we just enjoy the game w/o having to worry about Pc/race/politics?