The pirates are back to two games below 500,and if last nights game against the N.Y.Mutts is an indicator of the future of this team we will see that they have not made much progress,the core players for this team were always announced as Alvarez,Tabata,McCutchen,and Walker,the ratio was three non-Whites to one White American Player,and they were always talked about in that order,with Walker always mentioned last,no meaning to that?,the "caste"of players is well scripted.<div></div><div>It has always been my opinion,as you guys know,that the "up the middle" positions are the prime positions on a baseball team,these being catcher,pitcher,shortstop,second base,and center field,and these positions,especially catcher and center field,are the ones that the "diversity engineers"want to take away from White American players.</div><div></div><div>So many top notch catchers in college baseball,as witnessed each year in the college world series,the Oakland A's felt the need to make a Korean connection bringing in Kurt Suzuki,the Angels followed the pattern,as we see Hank Conger catching for them,the latin influx in this area is most notable as we see the Molina brothers cover three positions of leadership on three different teams.</div><div></div><div>If major league line-ups are checked out these statements can be verified,the minor league rosters prove to be even worse,three years ago,Neil Walker"in my opinion"was forced out of the catching position to open it up for Ronnie Paulino who is now long gone,Walker went to third base where he played very well,then to second base where he now plays even better,the Pirates now have a catching problem due to injuries,three Latin catchers wait in the wings!</div><div></div><div>Again,in my opinion,and no,I am not sorry for this long rant,Walker should go back behind the plate,but that would show the Pirate management of "social engineers"thatthey were wrong to "Latinize"the position,Walker's defensive skills as a catcher were always played down,for the usual reasons,but they are solid.</div><div></div><div>The Pirates are spending close to a million dollars to build a complex in the Dominican republic to train and bring to the team players from that part of the world,last night during the game an effort was made to raise money to build fields for handicapped kids in the Pittsburgh area,where did that money come from?,the fans called in and bid auction style to cover expenses,no bidding in the Dominican!</div>
