Comments on: There are no U.S.-born black players on the Giants. Is that a problem?

By: honus44

honus44 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:43:12 +0000

Who cares how many Black players are in MLB. I am tired of hearing about the racial crap every day. Just play ball and enjoy the Game. If the are players out there who are black that can help the Giants i am sure they will be on the roster

By: michaelmcqueen2013

michaelmcqueen2013 — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:55:15 +0000

Stop crying and making something more out of his comment
than what it is. It is just an observation. You show your immaturity,
cynicism and lack of a real education with statements like that.

By: michaelmcqueen2013

michaelmcqueen2013 — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:43:52 +0000

Maybe its just your attitude that sucks. Get help for your inferiority complex.

By: going4iton4th

going4iton4th — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:11:58 +0000

I think love of the game and having a good working knowledge of the nuances and the history come into play too. I know in the South there is a strong influence for football (mostly college but pro is always there)–I think baseball still has its presence it’s just not as strong as it once was…I for one appreciate baseball as a more globalized game—I think MLB and Selig needs to prioritize giving money to youth baseball in underfunded areas and also working more in conjunction with the college game.

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:52:33 +0000

i think we all know the answer to this unfortunately.to bad most douchebag “writers” do not

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:50:57 +0000

way to play the race card douche bag…could it be coincidence?? could it be that MLB (Cleveland has a function like this atleast) is still trying to get younger black kids to try baseball instead of other sports? could it be that YOU and the other reporter are racist and/or trying to get 15 minutes of fame? could it be you needed a story because you couldnt find one? The answer to ALL of these are YES!….Sometimes your best “stories” are the ones you dont write…..remember that.it will do ya good

By: gibbskins9

gibbskins9 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:23:27 +0000

There are no U.S. born Caucasians on the Washington Wizards is this a problem?

By: marcinhouston

marcinhouston — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:28:38 +0000

Honey Badger doesn’t give a damn about playing outfield.

By: nothanksimdriving123

nothanksimdriving123 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:10:13 +0000

LOL, that looks like the sarcasm font. Regardless, there is another story tonight about how lots of gay men and straight women are great pals, since neither sees the other as competition. So they do LIKE each other. They just don’t want to get all horizontal together.

By: nothanksimdriving123

nothanksimdriving123 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:59:32 +0000

Wow, either drunk or demented, or perhaps a great combo. The ERA never got ratified by enough states (35; needed 38) so is not part of the Constitution. Prop 12? Perhaps Title IX? Betty Ford was actually very cool. All your other errors and nonsense leave me hoping you don’t have a daughter.

By: badintent

badintent — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:36:57 +0000

We all heard Morgan go off on this years ago and it’s like beating the dead horse( not PC but too bad ) and we just don’t careno more. The men college sports programs that now have to subsidies all the women sports got gutted for many of their scholarships. So blame prop 12 for some of this inequality. Screw the ERA !.Betty Ford was a monster.

By: badintent

badintent — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:27:33 +0000

Freezing in Edmonton , no sun,eh ? hell my wife gets10X darker in Vancouver summer than she is in the winter.It’s an Asian thing. But the freaking taxes here, better stay where ya are. Too bad your hockey team is so bad too.Did I tell ya my BFF screwed Janet Jones before she married Wayne ? Just an old NY thing with me and the boys back in the day sellling booze at the NYC nightclubs….janet was just one of the usual suspects, cokeheads, gold diggers hookers, wanna- bes and jewish princesses. Enjoy the ice fishing.

By: badintent

badintent — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:18:22 +0000

It’s the last day of black history month so Craig had to play the race card. I ‘m looking forward to Mullato Month in May so my wife’s family can get some $$$$$ from Obama for her entitlements. Georgetown brownstone crib, Air force 2, travel expenses account………………………

By: thebadguyswon

thebadguyswon — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:57:29 +0000

Its only racial if it negatively impacts blacks.

The media is unable to masturbate furiously while writing stories about white injustice. They aren’t capable of doing it.

Now maybe……just maybe , we can get back to sports and not talk about gays in sports or racial injustice in sports. Are there any REAL WRITERS around here?!

By: jrobitaille23

jrobitaille23 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:06:39 +0000

not as far as white basketball players is concerned. Blacks make up 78% of players in the NBA. The other 22% is not all white, you have asian, latin, and then many of the white players are from oversees. I don’t hear anyone speaking about that epidemic. Where’s the outcry about that?

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2012/06/study-2012-nba-racial-and-gender-report-card/

By: jrobitaille23

jrobitaille23 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:06:24 +0000

By: buffalomafia

buffalomafia — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:06:09 +0000

Who cares! I get sick of hearing about this issue! Maybe they just suck?!

By: anxovies

anxovies — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:50:59 +0000

I beg to differ about baseball being the worst athletic option economically. In football you do not have guaranteed contracts and careers are very often short because of injuries. Most people would be unable to name 3 NFL players who had 20 year careers. In MLB there have been hundreds of such players. Mediocre baseball players sign minor league contracts for over a million dollars all of the time. In football they play on practice squads for NFL minimum wage if they are lucky, and there aren’t that many spots open. Star basketball players make comparable money to star big league players but there just isn’t that many open spots on the pro teams. In pro basketball and football you generally have only one shot to make a team, and you are out. In baseball they pay you to learn the game at the pro level. There is no comparison financially, if you want an athletic career that will allow you to make a lot of money and be able to walk away on your own two feet rather than in a wheelchair, it’s baseball. I am starting to sound like George Carlin so I’ll shut up.

By: Charles Gates

Charles Gates — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:49:26 +0000

This article is just about Philly hating and East coast bias.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:11:51 +0000

Part of the problem?

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:43:08 +0000

You’re very well spoken. Would you characterize your athleticism as dynamic or explosive?

Don’t think enough people are catching this. Well done!

By: chacochicken

chacochicken — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:20:27 +0000

Thanks for the advice, I don’t frequently have cause to run Wilcoxon. Usually I’ll have my terrified, overworked graduate assistants run the extra stats. They’re much better at it than me anyway. Not that I’d tell them that. Got to keep them off balance.

By: dfh3456

dfh3456 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:11:56 +0000

Maybe the Giants should bring back Barry Bonds, just for diversity, and in the interest of keeping the peace.

By: prospero63

prospero63 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:08:55 +0000

Clearly the gays are racist. See what I did there for that joke?

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:06:30 +0000

Ah, a fellow traveller of the non-parametric testing paths. Welcome brother of the non-normal return.

So, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, eh? Since its not an omnibus test, you needn’t worry about post hoc analyses. However, should you have to use tests with more than two groups keep an eye on the differences. Even if you get a non-signifcant return in your omnibus test, a difference could STILL be significant if there is a ‘middling’ value. That value can “massage” the p into non-significant range. You should still compare the groups individually, one to the other, to see if the big differences are large enough. Then you’ll be glad we’re having this conversation because you’ll need to apply a Bonferonni correction (or some other correction; there’s a few you could use but you’ll have to do something to reduce the chance of type 2 error) and knowing that SPSS multiplies the resultant p rather than divides the alpha will really help.

Good luck with your grit. If you have enough you’ll make the D-backs.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:02:41 +0000

SPSS? I’m most impressed. They tried to teach me SPSS once, then wouldn’t let me use it. Good thing.

By: chacochicken

chacochicken — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:52:46 +0000

Well, I’m glad you’ve put your athletic scholarship to good use. I don’t care how SPSS does it. I’m glad it runs Wilcoxon 2′s on my architectural stone variates from Chacoan Type III and IV masonry. I’ve got 25000 samples from 31 sites. I’m more of a gritty hard worker.

By: blabidibla

blabidibla — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:49:32 +0000

And since you make the time to post on the most inferior baseball site on the internet, that makes you…?

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:48:22 +0000

Thank you you bringing up that point. I get annoyed when demographics are thrown around without any context.

There was an SI Cover story a few years ago about “Crime in College Football”! Of course there are criminals in college football, there are criminal in the general population. But how does that compare to the general population. But of course, those statistics are never presented.

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:41:37 +0000

I would get this comment if it were the Royals or Astros or something. But the Giants did win this little tournament out there called the World Series. You might have heard of it?