Torii: Shut Up, Start Recruiting

Torii Hunter: “You can go to Latin America and get that same talent as a black player in Compton and if he's in Compton he gets drafted in the first round he's going to get two million dollars. If he doesn't pan out, you're out two million dollars but if you go to the Domincan, Cuba, or whatever and you can get a guy for two thousand dollars and he doesn't pan out you're only down two thousand dollars. I do agree that, you know 10 years from now you'll see no blacks, at all.”

Hunter’s comments are outrageous. As previously stated, race is irrelevant. African-Americans are simply disinterested in baseball. Instead of defending Gary Sheffield, Hunter should foster interest.