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The racial dynamics in professional http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1430 and elsewhere in Latin America to develop Hispanic prospects. Scouts are constantly scouring Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries for players to sign. Academies and programs have been set up in numerous U.S. inner cities to develop black prospects. The only players not aggressively recruited and developed in this manner are white Americans.
Despite this, white Americans dominate baseball in the United States. About 95 percent of players in the major college baseball programs are white; however, quite unlike the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2108, this domination at the collegiate level doesn’t translate into domination at the pro level because of baseball’s commitment to “globalism.” Over half the players in the minor leagues are hispanics, and the number of Asians also continues to increase. Meantime the media wails and shrieks about the declining number of black Americans in professional baseball in spite of MLB doing everything possible to recruit and promote blacks. The black percentage of some 9 percent in the majors is decried as somehow being the result of “racism,” or because blacks can’t afford gloves and bats, or because blacks don’t like baseball. Given that blacks are represented roughly in proportion to their percentage of the U.S. population, the possibility that blacks just might not be vastly superior baseball players to whites and others is never considered, because the mythology of the Caste System holds that blacks are supermen athletes at any and all sports.The only ones who have a legitimate beef are white Americans, who are slowly but surely being systematically shut out of the sport they dominate, because of globalism and the refusal of the powers that be to accept white domination of baseball when America is being designed to be overtaken by an “inevitable” historical tide of “multiculturalism” and “multiracialism.”
Here’s a look at the starting position players, starting pitchers, and closers of each American League team at the beginning of the ’08 season. Because of injuries, trades, demotions and promotions, starting lineups often change during the course of a season.
AL WEST
Angels: Owner Artie Moreno has consciously redesigned his team to more resemble the “diversity” of Southern California. Funny, if pro sports teams were constructed to look like their actual fan base, they’d all look pretty much like NHL teams. As far as the Angels, there’s not a single white player left from the almost all white 2002 world champs, and only two white everyday players. The first baseman is Casey Kotchman, who hit .296 last year at the age of 24. The starting catcher is a battle between Jeff Mathis and Mike Napoli. The leading starting pitcher is 6’7″ Jered Weaver, possessed of nasty stuff who has gone 11-2 and 13-7 in his first two years in the bigs. Jon Garland put together some nice numbers with the White Sox before stumbling in 2007. Youngsters Joe Saunders (16-8 thus far in his career) and Dustin Moseley are also among the starters.
Mariners: As with the Angels, white everyday starters are few and far between in Seattle. 1B Richie Sexson has 294 career homers but his power declined noticeably last year to 21 homers and 63 RBIs in 121 games played. The 33-year-old Sexson hit 45 HR in both ’01 and ’03 and has topped 30 four other times. Journeyman RF Brad Wilkerson is the only other white everyday starter to open the ’08 season. The pitching staff is also heavily non-white. Erik Bedard is the ace, coming over from Baltimore after going 13-5 with a 3.16 ERA and 221 strikeouts in just 182 innings in 2007. Jarrod Washburn is the only other white starter. Closer J.J. Putz was dominating in every sense of the word last year, racking up 40 saves in 42 opportunities and recording a 1.38 ERA. He is currently on the 15 day DL.
Athletics: With their modest financial constraints, Oakland continues to excel at developing young players, only to lose them when they become eligible for free agency. Most of those young players in recent years have been white, and 2008 is no exception as the Athletics start 7 everyday white players counting the DH position. Slick fielding shortstop Bobby Crosby, the 2004 AL Rookie of the Year, is already one of the most tenured players on the team. Crosby has been hampered by injury problems ever since his rookie season. 2B Mark Ellis is another excellent fielder who also has good power for the position — 19 HR to go with 76 RBIs and a .276 BA in ’07. Rookie Daric Barton is the first baseman, with Jack Hannahan the third baseman while Eric Chavez rehabs from an injury. 23-year-old Ryan Sweeney opens the season in center, joined in right by 24-year-old Travis Buck. Long-time minor leaguer Jack Cust, who hit 26 homers in 395 at bats after finally getting a chance to play in the big show last year, will DH and play right field. Also DHing will be 34-year-old Mike Sweeney, joining the Athletics after 13 seasons with the Royals. Sweeney is a career .299 hitter whose best season was in 2000 when he hit .333 and drove in 144 runs. All five starting pitchers are white. Joe Blanton has averaged 14 wins the past three seasons. Rich Harden has awesome talent but missed most of the past two years with injury problems. The other starters are Justin Duchscherer, Dana Eveland, and Chaud Gaudin (currently on the 15 day DL). Huston Street is the closer.
Rangers: Like the Athletics, the Rangers have 7 everyday white starters. In his second year, 2B Ian Kinsler hit 20 homers and stole 23 bases. He’s a star in the making. SS Michael Young is a perennial All Star. In 2007 the lifetime .302 hitter went over the 200 hit mark for the fifth consecutive season, only the third player to do so since 1940 (joining Wade Boggs and Ichiro Suzuki). Young has also averaged 97 RBIs the past four seasons. 3B Hank Blalock is a solid player who missed two-thirds of ’07 because of injury. Ben Broussard is the first baseman, Gerald Laird the catcher. CF Josh Hamilton battled drug addiction after being the first overall pick of the 1999 draft, and finally made it to the big show with the Reds last season and did very well, going .291/20/49 in just over half a season of play. 34-year-old Frank Catalanotto, a career .293 hitter, is the primary DH. Kevin Millwood (133-103) is the ace of an otherwise less than imposing pitching staff, joined by Jason Jennings and Kason Gabbard. C. J. Wilson is the closer.
AL EAST
Red Sox: Boston has eclipsed hated rival New York at the top of the baseball heap and they’ve done so with a fairly white team. CF Jacoby Ellsbury hit .353 and stole 9 bases in 125 at bats as a rookie in 2007 and was a post-season star. He’ll bat leadoff for the Bosox in ’08. He’s joined in right field by J.D. Drew, now 32, who has never reached the level of stardom predicted for him, mainly due to being injury prone, but who has been more durable the past two seasons. 1B Kevin Youkilis is a clutch performer with a solid all-around game. In his first full season, 2B Dustin Pedroia hit a very impressive .317 to go along with his excellent defensive skills. Like Youkilis and Drew, C Jason Veritek is a veteran with a complete game and many intangibles including excellent leadership ability. 41-year-old Curt Schilling, winner of 216 games, is out until at least the All Star break and maybe longer, but the Red Sox still have four whites on their starting staff. Josh Beckett began the season on the 15 day DL, but over the last three seasons has moved to among the very elite of his profession, posting records of 15-8, 16-11 and 20-7. He is joined by Jon Lester, veteran Tim Wakefield (168 career wins for the 41-year-old knuckler), and Clay Buchholz, who threw a no-hitter last season but is still eligible as a rookie in 2008. Closer Jonathan Papelbon is among the best.
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