Comments on: Diversity in Baseball’s Major and Summer Leagues http://www.codball.com/2007/03/17/diversity-in-baseballs-major-and-summer-leagues/ Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Where are HBCUs on top Summer Rosters? : CodBall: Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League http://www.codball.com/2007/03/17/diversity-in-baseballs-major-and-summer-leagues/comment-page-1/#comment-50506 Where are HBCUs on top Summer Rosters? : CodBall: Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:34:04 +0000 http://www.codball.com/?p=81#comment-50506 [...] the years since we started CodBall I have written about the issue of diversity in the major leagues and the summer [...] [...] the years since we started CodBall I have written about the issue of diversity in the major leagues and the summer [...]

]]> By: Draft 2008: Why not more Pedro Alvarez’s on the Cape? : CodBall: Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League http://www.codball.com/2007/03/17/diversity-in-baseballs-major-and-summer-leagues/comment-page-1/#comment-5272 Draft 2008: Why not more Pedro Alvarez’s on the Cape? : CodBall: Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:08:31 +0000 http://www.codball.com/?p=81#comment-5272 [...] has written before about the importance of attracting more African American and Latino players to the Cape.  But in order to play on the  Cape, you have to be a great college baseball [...] [...] has written before about the importance of attracting more African American and Latino players to the Cape.  But in order to play on the  Cape, you have to be a great college baseball [...]

]]> By: Greg http://www.codball.com/2007/03/17/diversity-in-baseballs-major-and-summer-leagues/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Greg Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:25:41 +0000 http://www.codball.com/?p=81#comment-234 The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo writes on this topic -- http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2007/04/08/theyre_missing_in_action?mode=PF "Even if they play, once they've gotten through high school there's no place to go," Harper said. "Look at the Cape Cod League -- a great league, but it's for college kids. A lot of inner-city kids aren't going to college. There aren't that many scholarships for baseball compared to football or basketball. The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo writes on this topic — http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2007/04/08/theyre_missing_in_action?mode=PF

“Even if they play, once they’ve gotten through high school there’s no place to go,” Harper said. “Look at the Cape Cod League — a great league, but it’s for college kids. A lot of inner-city kids aren’t going to college. There aren’t that many scholarships for baseball compared to football or basketball.

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