While I did not expand on the idea in my column I find it very interesting that baseball and hockey are the two major north American sports that white athletes excel in. This led me to make some comparisons on the two.
Baseball, uses a wooden bat to hit a baseball at very high speed
Hockey, uses a wooden stick to hit a hockey puck at very high speed
Notice that neither football or basketball use anything other then the ball in the playing of the gameand that neither sport has anything moving at nearly the high rate of speed as a puck or baseball. Also tennis is similar, a wooden racket (at least at one time) driving the ball at a high speed. And of course golf.
I would be tempted from this to make an argument that these sports would favor a people thatare more adept at using tools thenthose that are not. Also as an advantage would be the ability to handle objects moving faster then any object in the natural environment, say over 100 mph. Does this argument stand up to futher scrutiny?
Baseball, uses a wooden bat to hit a baseball at very high speed
Hockey, uses a wooden stick to hit a hockey puck at very high speed
Notice that neither football or basketball use anything other then the ball in the playing of the gameand that neither sport has anything moving at nearly the high rate of speed as a puck or baseball. Also tennis is similar, a wooden racket (at least at one time) driving the ball at a high speed. And of course golf.
I would be tempted from this to make an argument that these sports would favor a people thatare more adept at using tools thenthose that are not. Also as an advantage would be the ability to handle objects moving faster then any object in the natural environment, say over 100 mph. Does this argument stand up to futher scrutiny?