http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jimmie-lee-solomon/african-american-baseball-players_b_4923689.html

This is a pretty interesting article on why there are less African Americans playing baseball now as opposed to a couple of decades ago. These reasons written are interesting when dealing with race and in some part, stereotypes of race.

"Lack of mentor. Baseball is a collection of skills, and is usually taught early in life from a male member of the family. In the urban African American society, a father figure might not always be present."

"Lack of NCAA Scholarship opportunities. Colleges and universities definitely do not help develop urban African-American baseball talent, as they are more concerned with revenue-earning sports like football and basketball. A Division 1 baseball program has only 11.7 scholarships available, and rarely provides a baseball student-athlete a full scholarship. In contrast, a Division 1 football program has 85 scholarship opportunities, and most players are granted them in full."

"And the national marketing of the game of baseball. Also, baseball has always been very traditional in its marketing. It has not addressed the "cool factor," which other sports do. Baseball has been marketed as a traditionalist sport, and is not holding the interest of most African Americans. "