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Originally Posted by toolboxnj
Why does it matter what percentage of baseball players are black anyways? When people talk about it, it's always a race issue. Believe me, the baseball market is going to find the talent where ever it is. The Mets opened a camp in Ghana last year I believe (I know people from Ghana and they are super nice individuals, really a pleasure). If you can hit a ball or pitch, you can be colored green and people wouldn't give a damn. I'm tired of this racial argument.
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Race matters b/c people are comparing a pre-1947 player to a post-1947 player.
Anyway, it just seems remarkable to think that the talent level in baseball in the 1920s was anything remotely close to the talent level, as a whole, today. The professionalism of the sport should make sure of that. Mean salary more than doubled in real dollars b/w 1920 and 1946, stayed steady, and doubled again by the mid-1970s.
Another way to get at comparative league quality is in Gassko's work; the 3rd of his three-part series is here:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...ty-part-three/