any time we have an economic struggle in this country, we, we, the blacks, are going to feel the pinch quicker than anybody and baseball is a very expensive game. >> kids can turn on tv and see that immediate, instant fame or whatnot from basketball or football. >> i don't believe baseball has sold itself as much in the black area as it should have. somehow football was done a terrific job and basketball another terrific job and selling its sports in the areas. you look at it deep enough if that young kid who is 7, 10, 12 years ago, growing up, wants to play baseball and by the time he gets it to 18 where he can get to college, here comes the football coach. the football coach says we have a four-year scholarship and looking somewhere else because we have not made the progress in baseball that we needed to make,