This is total bullshit:

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" Braves meet with Rainbow/PUSH officials By CARROLL ROGERS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/07/07 Upset over the lack of African-Americans on the Braves roster, members of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow-PUSH Coalition asked for a meeting with team officials. They got one Monday. Joe Beasley, Southern Regional Director for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said he and Dexter Clinkscale, the director of sports for the organization, met Monday morning for nearly two hours with Braves general manager John Schuerholz, assistant general manager Frank Wren and three other Braves officials. "The team slipped ... down to [no African-Americans]; it wasn?t something that just happened," Beasley said Monday afternoon. "I think it was a lack of diligence on the part of the Braves to recruit African-American players. There's not diminished enthusiasm for African-Americans playing baseball. It's simply the opportunity hasn't presented itself." Schuerholz acknowledged the meeting Monday but declined further comment, saying in a statement: "We had a meeting with Mr. Beasley and another member of his organization this morning and discussed a variety of topics." Less than 10 percent of major league players are African-Americans. In a recent interview on the subject, Schuerholz said: "You go to where the talent leads you. Finding major league-caliber baseball players is far too difficult if you try to narrow your criteria down to demographics." Countered Beasley, "As I expected, [Schuerholz?s] idea is the bottom line: I'll put the best 40 men I can get wherever I can get them from on the field, and that's fair. But the fact of the matter is if they put resources into recruiting here in the United States, and more specifically here in Atlanta, there are talented players here." The issue was brought to the attention of the Rainbow-PUSH Coalition during the 60th anniversary celebration of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. The Braves and Houston Astros did not have any African-American players on their 25-man rosters at the time. The Braves' total grew with the promotion of left fielder Willie Harris, who is from Robinson?s hometown of Cairo. "You slipped down to nothing, now you've got one, we expect it to start going up higher," Beasley said was the sentiment he voiced in the meeting. "We want to see incrementally it move back up, rather than moving down. There was an openness on [Schuerholz's] part to talk and to be in dialogue and hopefully be in partnership in trying to make sure that it happens. He was very nice, a gentleman. I'm going to hold him to his word to work with us and move those numbers back up to a respectable level." "

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2007/05/07/0508bravesminority.html?cxntnid=brv050807e

5/8/2007 9:22:58 AM

Willie Harris is black, so that's one

5/8/2007 9:24:50 AM

edgar renterria must not count, or andruw jones


or what do they strictly have to be of american dialect?

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 9:29 AM. Reason : ]

5/8/2007 9:28:18 AM

when they start chipping in for the salaries, then they have the right to dictate who the braves sign. until then they can go back to burying the "n-word" or whatever it is they were doing for media attention the other week.

5/8/2007 9:30:10 AM

^^actually Edgar is from Columbia and Andrew was born in the Netherlands

5/8/2007 9:32:29 AM

I'm African-American and I agree with rflong. This is BS.

5/8/2007 9:32:32 AM

what can this organization do

do they have any significant pull in the EEOC law enforcement?

5/8/2007 9:37:35 AM

i'm still waiting for the motherfucker to apologize to the duke lax team

5/8/2007 9:53:13 AM

That fucking idiot has done more to aggravate race relations than the KKK. At least the KKK has been marginalized somewhat but people keep giving this douchebag a platform.

5/8/2007 9:59:49 AM

^^same here

I think the KKK should start bitching about the lack of white players in the NBA and college teams when all the white kids just ride the pine. That would be interesting to see.

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 10:00 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 10:01 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2007 10:00:27 AM

He needs to STFU.

5/8/2007 10:01:14 AM

I wish someone would remove jesse and al from the gene pool


that would help race relations more than anything they've done of late

5/8/2007 10:01:36 AM

this is the dumbest shit i've read in weeks.

5/8/2007 10:17:05 AM

I bet this pissed off the braves officials so much. If they don't have any black players then they obviously dont have any in their farm team that can make the rost or can afford/want any of the free agents on the market. so what do you do? go about you business and let jj and al call your organization racist or higher black players that dont deserve to be there but are because of race and not talent.

dont these faggots realize they are hurting the game.

5/8/2007 10:17:21 AM

better leave my Braves alone....

So how about the NBA teams out there with no white players....idiot

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 10:23 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2007 10:21:57 AM

I played baseball for 11 years when I was younger, and I can probably count on my hands how many black players I played with. Percentage-wise it seems black players just arent into baseball like whites (at least in the US). Just what it seemed like when I played

5/8/2007 11:01:19 AM

"why dont the NBA have a african american commissioner?"

5/8/2007 11:04:07 AM

5/8/2007 11:04:11 AM

this is so fucking stupid

the amount of blacks in baseball is declining b/c more blacks are focusing on other sports like football and basketball

this was even mentioned a few months ago on Jim Rome's radio show

5/8/2007 11:12:08 AM

there arent enough latinos in baseball

5/8/2007 11:14:17 AM

mike wilbon talks about less blacks playing baseball all the time on pti.

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 11:15 AM. Reason : <3 mike wilbon]

5/8/2007 11:15:27 AM

why didnt Jackson just meet with MLB? is not like the Braves are the exception

5/8/2007 11:16:18 AM

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5/8/2007 11:34:31 AM

Haha, the Mets have ZERO now that Oliver and Floyd are gone and Lastings is in the minors. But the manager is African American so I guess that makes up for it.

V and david wright acts like a black gay dude

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 11:42 AM. Reason : oh wait.. damion easley ftw.]

5/8/2007 11:38:28 AM

jose reyes looks black. does that count for anything?

5/8/2007 11:41:39 AM

half the hispanics in the majors look black

5/8/2007 11:42:37 AM

so what are they complaining about?!

5/8/2007 11:45:36 AM

Jackson needs something to do besides a mistress.

5/8/2007 11:50:26 AM

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"I played baseball for 11 years when I was younger, and I can probably count on my hands how many black players I played with. Percentage-wise it seems black players just arent into baseball like whites (at least in the US). Just what it seemed like when I played"

The 12 years I played growing up, I played with TWO african-american players. I played with more asians and hispanics than african-americans. This crap is getting out of hand.

"Maybe" I will care if/when an apology is given to the lax players as well. Until then:

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"better leave my Braves alone...."

5/8/2007 11:58:12 AM

he needs to fuck off

5/8/2007 12:04:54 PM

jesse and al "mini-mullet" sharpton have long been considered jokes amongst the negro community

nothing they champion is relevant to anything other than their own financial improvement

5/8/2007 12:27:30 PM

the only black guy i ever played with stole my wristbands

5/8/2007 12:33:49 PM

OMG!!! 10% of the NHL isn't black!!! we gotta get them boys on skates and take over the whooooolllllllllleeeeeeeee woooooooooooorrrrrrrrrllllllllllldddddddddddddd!

5/8/2007 1:21:36 PM

there aren't a whole lot of blacks in curling either. they better look into this

5/8/2007 1:23:01 PM

I think the only black guy the Yankees have is Jeter, and he's 1/2 and 1/2.

5/8/2007 1:25:35 PM

^they shouldve never traded Soriano

oh he's Latino too

5/8/2007 1:36:51 PM

^I think he's Asian too. I agree, though his fielding was atrocious (but a move to the OF was a good idea I guess?)

5/8/2007 1:41:03 PM

Coming from someone who is blk/irish/native american...Ive always thought Jesse Jackson was a FUCKING MORON!!!


the amount of black ball players is declining b/c alot of young African American youth just dont find basketball as popular as football, basketball..heck even tennis....it has COMPLETELY NOTHING TO DO with the Braves being racist...does this dumb ass remember when the Braves had Terry Pendleton, David Justice...should I go on?

I'm all about people standing up for racial equality as for instance the Don Imus comment but this is FUCKING NONSENSE..and Jesse Robinson needs to realize that HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ALL OF BLACK AMERICA BC HALF OF BLACK AMERICA THINKS HE IS A FUCKING DUMB ASS!!!

-Corey (Chapel Hill, NC)

5/8/2007 1:55:06 PM

umm

5/8/2007 2:04:10 PM

This is hilarious...

and for some reason or another I doubt that Bobby Cox went to that meeting!

5/8/2007 2:07:38 PM

Jesse Robinson eh?

5/8/2007 2:10:00 PM

I don't know what I'm more pissed off about, Jackson/Beasley or Braves officials actually agreeing to meet with them

I'm pretty sure it's the latter

5/8/2007 2:14:01 PM

^ you have to man. jackson knows he has at least that much power. you can't afford to ignore him completely.

5/8/2007 2:17:42 PM

^ especially in the ATL.

5/8/2007 2:24:03 PM

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"The 12 years I played growing up, I played with TWO african-american players."

Please say black. Every time you say african-american, jesse jackson wins.

5/8/2007 2:31:22 PM

more proof that racism still exists today thanks to the biggest racists of all, Jesse Jackson and people like Jesse Jackson.

5/8/2007 2:41:09 PM

i honestly wonder sometimes what race relations would be like in this country of there weren't people like jackson.

i think we could've been a mostly colorblind society by now.

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 2:45 PM. Reason : i had better not say completely, that's just ignorant]

5/8/2007 2:45:39 PM

So, why doesn't he talk to some big wig in baseball instead of this guy?

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 2:49 PM. Reason : They would have more control]

5/8/2007 2:48:28 PM

^ John Schuerholz is directly responsible for every player in the Braves system. In terms of the Braves not having enough black players, Jackson is talking to the right person. You are right though that this should be taken to the MLB level, not just one team. Regardless though this is complete bullshit.

5/8/2007 3:17:24 PM

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton need to be shut up or shot. OMG call WRAL.

These guys complain about racism and then spread their bullshit like this.

And when are they going to apologize to the Duke Lax players????

Double Fucking Standard.

5/8/2007 3:28:15 PM