Comments on: White Hot

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:47:42 +0000

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I meant. :) Basketball and football.

Unrelated, via Dean:

Meanwhile, from the direction of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, a soft “thud” is heard.

What has mustard got to do with anything? (If you’ve never been and get a chance, you should go. Not something to travel 1,000 miles out of your way for, of course, but 100 miles, sure. And as a bonus, there is — or at least used to be — a great Brew pub right around the corner…)

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:37:16 +0000

Er...I'm pretty sure baseball is doing just as good of a job at attracting inner-city youth as baseball is. Perhaps you meant to say "baseketball?" [ducking]

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:17:45 +0000

To be fair to Morgan, he’s never to my knowledge implied that the lack of African-American players on the Astros — or their declining numbers in baseball in general — can be attributed to some form of discrimination or institutional racism. Heck, the Astros’ bench coach, Cecil Cooper, is African-American, and there were several on the regular-season Astros roster at various times. There just don’t happen to be any right now.

No, Morgan’s complaint — probably a justifiable one — is that baseball isn’t doing nearly as good a job at attracting inner-city youth as are baseball and football. In other words, it’s not really a racial issue, but a social one.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:36:25 +0000

Heh. I also understand that two of the ChiSox are Cuban defectors whose very mention makes Fidel Castro cry. It would be too bad to miss three more opportunities for that, but it’s a small price to pay for the Angels retaining some sort of dignity.

By: the Pirate

the Pirate — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:37:17 +0000

But if the series ends tomorrow, Joe Morgan will be robbed of the chance to point out even more that there are no African-Americans on the Astros and how disapoinitng it is to him.