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Walk Off Homer What A Joy!!
By
Jul 11, 2008

WALK OFF

HOMER

WHAT A JOY !!



OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN  OF THE HOUR

It was just a lazy late afternoon

mid-week summer MLB game

the only one bring played late

Thursday afternoon of no

special importance at all

Seattle vs. Oakland

EXCEPT FOR EMIL BROWN. AFRICAN American MLB player Emil Brown. His Solo  Homer in the bottom of the 11th inning ROCKED his and Seattle's world  for a day anyway with Oakland winning 3-2. In fact far more than a day  for AFRICAN American Emil Brown who like any player will always  remember his so called walk OFF Home Runs.

Sorry did we  remember to tell you Emil Brown is AFRICAN American. Be assured it is  the ONLY reason for today's Box about a typical easily forgotten  "meaningless" mid-season game. YES it is important for that one reason.  The Box staff watches many if not all MLB games on MLB.TV compliments  of our "employer" BASN.

And without the Statistics to back it  up - since BASN does not provide quite that big a staff to the Box -  still it seems unmistakable this year THIS year it is far more common  to find AFRICAN Americans on MLB teams than in recent years past.  Considerably more.

Granted a few may be Latinos masquerading  as African Americans because of "anglicized" names but really not many  if any. We also check place of birth. An all important qualifier.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT. We have watched games this season with FOUR that's  right FOUR African Americans in a team's line-up and the other team  with 2 or 3 in theirs.  Of course practically NEVER Pitchers and NEVER  EVER Catchers. Still it should be impossible but it's not !

So when AFRICAN American Emil Brown came up to the Plate with one out  in the bottom of the 11th in Oakland the entire Box staff watching -  don't tell the Boss - none of us were all that Surprised that he did or  that he WON the game.

But where are they coming from ?

Don't say you know. You do NOT. It is a True Mystery. Yes obviously  most were buried invisibly one team's Minor League System or anther's.  The point is something is happening there. Also obviously a few more  than before invisible Black high school players undrafted and unnoticed  are finding their way onto Minor League teams.

And once there  are SURPRISING management with their talent and drive. And one by one  unnoticed slowly and now more quickly floundering MLB teams are turning  to talented AFRICAN Americans in their Minor League System. God knows  they are NOT coming out of the Colleges like so many White players do  since it is a rare day when you even find even one African American on  a college squad, and few are bring Drafted by MLB teams but still they  are here on the REAL World of MLB Baseball in increasing numbers.

Here is our Theory

MORE THAN THEORY

THE TRUTH

As we have argued since the inception of the Box again and again and  again talented young athletes with superior intelligence and tremendous  determination have the GENERIC skills to play most Sports well. Young  African Americans in recent years and let's credit their parents and  advisors as well - have taken to heart 1) the senseless lack of interest among African Americans in Baseball, that 2) Baseball in many ways is a BETTER Sport to play than Basketball and certainly Football, 3) if they can play those others Sports well they can just as likely play Baseball well, and so 4) why  not improve their odds for a SUCCESSFUL Sports career not focusing like  everyone else on Basketball and Football but rather on Baseball.

Sure this might be a Fantasy

on our part call it Fantasy Baseball

if you want but do what we do and

subscribe to MLB.TV and watch

enough games this season and

Fantasy Baseball may turn into

REALITY Baseball for you

too we may have turned

the Corner let's hope so

and as for Emil Brown

BRAVO BRAVO !

" THANK GOD "