by Kory Ross

Created on: August 25, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

No you can not have to many of any ethnic group in any sport. This helps the sport grow internationally.This is like asking if there are too many Mexicans living in Mexico. Any sport is looking for the top players in there sport.

Growing up watching baseball in the 80's Major League Baseball was full of African-Americans. Most of the top players of the time where black like Dave Winfield, Joe Carter, Fred Mcgriff, Andre Dawson, Dave Stewart just to name a few. Baseball fans have seen a rise in Latin players over the last few years, but it is not like they have not been around. The 1980's produced many top Latin ball players like Moises Alou, Dave Martinez, Benito Santiago, Sandy, and Roberto Alomar, and others.

Since the 90's though the top white, and black baseball players have opted for other sports like football, basketball, and hockey. This has left MLB with voids that need to be filled. There is no harm in having those voids filled by Latin players. The fact of the matter is that most Latinos are breed to play baseball. In Cuba they have training camps that young kids attend early on in life. So this makes perfect sense to bring up players that know how to play the game, and have been doing so almost since birth. Not to mention the fact that this players normally beat the U.S. in international play.

Something that seems to be lost in this discussion though is that Latinos are being joined by a rise in Asian ball players that have come to the U.S. to play. This has been in a slow climb since the arrival of Hedio Nomo in the mid 90's. Since then baseball fans have seen many other Asian ball players come here.

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