A FALL CLASSIC RETURNS
The 2005 World Series will be the whitest Fall Classic in many years. Not just in the number of white players but in the lack of non-whites in key roles. There are usually a number of key black or hispanic players and always a "superstar" that the media tries to sell to the white public.
Last year, when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals, there were plenty of white starters on both teams but many of the key players were non-white. For the Red Sox, Manny Ramierez was voted (undeservedly) the MVP, David Ortiz was one of their big bats and Pedro Martinez was the Sox' dominant pitcher. For the Cardinals Albert Pujols was, and is, their best hitter.
This will not be the case with the Astros and the White Sox. The Sox have only a couple of non-whites in their everyday line-up: Jermaine Dye in rightfield, Juan Uribe at shortstop, and Tadahito Iguchi at second base. None of them are the type that the media fawns over. On the mound they have some hispanic pitchers: José Contreras, and Freddy GarcÃÂa, good pitchers but not the type that can be identified by their first name.
The Astros are as white as a team comes. Other then Willie Tavaras in center the Astros are nearly all white. Even their Designated Hitters promise to be white, with Jeff Bagwell handling DH duties in Game One. It's nice to see a great white player like Bagwell, who has been largely ignored his whole career, merely because he doesn't fit the "image" of a superstar, getting to play in a Series.
This year there will be no "Manny," no "Pedro," no "Papi." No "A-Rod," no Jeter, no "Mario." The media will not be able to slather over Albert Pujols, or Reggie Sanders. For the first time in a long time white players will be at center stage alone. And only by default. If there was a single non-white star player on either team, then he would be the center of media attention.
A lot of publicity has been made of the fact that the Chicago White Sox have not been in a Series since 1959 and the Houston Astros have never made it in their 44-year history. However an even longer streak will be broken in the 2005 World Series. It will be the first post-Jackie Robinson (1947) World Series without a non-white superstar. That is nearly 60 years!
The media has already attempted a pre-emptive strike against what people will be able to see with their own eyes. As pointed out by one of our many knowledgeable Caste Football members, an article appeared recently which champions the "diversity" of the White Sox. They have a black general manager, a Venezuelan manager, a Japanese second baseman, and several Cuban and Dominican players.
"We're diverse because we're looking for the best in talent and character," general manager Ken Williams says. "It just happened that way. I could care less what the make-up of the club is as long as it works as a whole." The reason it works, of course, is because the White Sox abandoned the failed policies of their past decade or so of filling their starting line-up with non-white players. As pointed out by Caste Football: drafting, developing, and playing white ballplayers, leads teams to post-season berths and championships. Williams can paint it any way he wants. We can see with our own eyes what "works as a whole."
If the rest of the media doesn't buy the "phony" diversity of the White Sox they will probably bemoan the Series as a letdown or a snoozer. Either they can't see their own anti-white racism or are oblivious to it but you can be sure they will be bummed out at the lack of "diversity" as they watch all these white players playing and starring.
You might hear how the TV ratings are down, at least from last year, but with Chicago, the third largest city in America, and Houston the fifth it would seem impossible for this World Series not to be popular. Hopefully it will be a good one and live up to the great World Series of the past, like the one where the St. Louis Cardinals played the Boston Red Sox. No, not last year, but in 1946, the last all-white World Series.
Edited by: Don Wassall
The 2005 World Series will be the whitest Fall Classic in many years. Not just in the number of white players but in the lack of non-whites in key roles. There are usually a number of key black or hispanic players and always a "superstar" that the media tries to sell to the white public.
Last year, when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals, there were plenty of white starters on both teams but many of the key players were non-white. For the Red Sox, Manny Ramierez was voted (undeservedly) the MVP, David Ortiz was one of their big bats and Pedro Martinez was the Sox' dominant pitcher. For the Cardinals Albert Pujols was, and is, their best hitter.
This will not be the case with the Astros and the White Sox. The Sox have only a couple of non-whites in their everyday line-up: Jermaine Dye in rightfield, Juan Uribe at shortstop, and Tadahito Iguchi at second base. None of them are the type that the media fawns over. On the mound they have some hispanic pitchers: José Contreras, and Freddy GarcÃÂa, good pitchers but not the type that can be identified by their first name.
The Astros are as white as a team comes. Other then Willie Tavaras in center the Astros are nearly all white. Even their Designated Hitters promise to be white, with Jeff Bagwell handling DH duties in Game One. It's nice to see a great white player like Bagwell, who has been largely ignored his whole career, merely because he doesn't fit the "image" of a superstar, getting to play in a Series.
This year there will be no "Manny," no "Pedro," no "Papi." No "A-Rod," no Jeter, no "Mario." The media will not be able to slather over Albert Pujols, or Reggie Sanders. For the first time in a long time white players will be at center stage alone. And only by default. If there was a single non-white star player on either team, then he would be the center of media attention.
A lot of publicity has been made of the fact that the Chicago White Sox have not been in a Series since 1959 and the Houston Astros have never made it in their 44-year history. However an even longer streak will be broken in the 2005 World Series. It will be the first post-Jackie Robinson (1947) World Series without a non-white superstar. That is nearly 60 years!
The media has already attempted a pre-emptive strike against what people will be able to see with their own eyes. As pointed out by one of our many knowledgeable Caste Football members, an article appeared recently which champions the "diversity" of the White Sox. They have a black general manager, a Venezuelan manager, a Japanese second baseman, and several Cuban and Dominican players.
"We're diverse because we're looking for the best in talent and character," general manager Ken Williams says. "It just happened that way. I could care less what the make-up of the club is as long as it works as a whole." The reason it works, of course, is because the White Sox abandoned the failed policies of their past decade or so of filling their starting line-up with non-white players. As pointed out by Caste Football: drafting, developing, and playing white ballplayers, leads teams to post-season berths and championships. Williams can paint it any way he wants. We can see with our own eyes what "works as a whole."
If the rest of the media doesn't buy the "phony" diversity of the White Sox they will probably bemoan the Series as a letdown or a snoozer. Either they can't see their own anti-white racism or are oblivious to it but you can be sure they will be bummed out at the lack of "diversity" as they watch all these white players playing and starring.
You might hear how the TV ratings are down, at least from last year, but with Chicago, the third largest city in America, and Houston the fifth it would seem impossible for this World Series not to be popular. Hopefully it will be a good one and live up to the great World Series of the past, like the one where the St. Louis Cardinals played the Boston Red Sox. No, not last year, but in 1946, the last all-white World Series.
Edited by: Don Wassall
