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P.S. In my strong opinion Major League Baseball needs to do a far better job in reaching young inner city African American youth to play baseball. The RBI league is just not enough.

As you know the season just ended and the Yankees won their 27th title. But now here is the off season and what are the African American major league players doing to reach back in the inner city to get young kids interested in baseball?

How bout baseball camps in warm weather areas like Florida and Texas and Arizona and California for the kids during the winter? Or going to speak at schools and community center?

Here is a question readers. Besides Derek Jeter, do you any other African American MLB player doing any commercials on TV? Heck for that matter is there any other MLB period doing commercials? The answer is NO.

BUT you see plenty of NBA players and NFL players. Kobe, Shaq, D-Wade, KG, Dwight Howard, Reggie Bush and on and on. Where are the MLB players?

One of the main reasons you don’t see any MLB players is because they have zero personality. I don’t know who has the worst personality. A MLB or a golfer. A golfer will roll in a great 50 foot putt and barely smile!!

And when a interview is done with a baseball player, you would think their mom just died or their dog ran away or something.

There is only 8% African Americans playing MLB. And African Americans are not attending games. And blacks are not turning out for high school and college teams. The question is why?

Baseball needs to make the game MUCH QUICKER!! Have the pitcher pitch within 20 seconds. And stop the batter from stepping out away from the plate every pitch to fix there gloves etc. The four hour games are BORING!!!

Shout out to players like Jimmy Rollins (pic above) and CeCe Sabithia of the World Champs for doing what they do for the kids in the inner city with their foundations.

Maybe this might make young inner city kids interested in baseball again. A much quicker game. Gordon Curvey

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