re bonilla in article mjones fenway mjones donald aix kingston ibm com writes fierkelab bchm biochem duke edu eric roush writes all of these divisions based on race religion etc make me sick as they should isn t it nice that mlb is finally waking up to their existence isn t it a shame that hiring practices on and off the field have been discriminatory for so long quick name a light hitting black outfielder or b who lasted years in the bigs i bet you can name two dozen white ones otis nixon darnell coles henry cotto manny mota a dominican b not all that light hitting lifetime or so in when he did most of his playing c professional pinch hitter after that yes that also gives you jerry hairston billy hatcher beginning th year now herm winningham good one lonnie smith not light hitting but a horror in the field not the same thing lots of people are bad ofs gary redus not all that light either ops dion james not year daryl boston year this year vince coleman yeah he s finally started to have a decent obp not year cecil espy not year willie wilson yup gary pettis ok milt thompson year this year gary varsho six year this year ok i admit to taking a quick browse through the major league handbook but only after the first or oh and there s the all time light hitting black outfielder lou brock look it up and curt flood cesar geronimo brock coleman and wilson were hot dog basestealers also lonnie smith that seems to be a special class cfs like pettis and wilson also get more of a break especially if they actually do field well and brock wasn t all that bad a hitter either not until the end there when he spoiled his ifetime ba and again i suspect thatthe problem is lessening over time but if you look at the history of the last three decades there seems to be a clear race based pattern by which utility players and platoon players and lesser talents stayed in the ml far longer if they were white cesar cedeno light hitting hr lifetime ops mainly with houston also latin btw note these guys may not have reached years yet but they ve got to be close likewise for my list oh and a prediction milt cuyler come back in and we ll party h h h h h talk roger
