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Unread 03-25-2011, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Seven Seven Three
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That the MLB tries to get players from specific countries based on the city's demographics. For instance the Red Sox do their best to get Domincan players, the Yankees Puerto Rican and Domincan because they have such huge populations in their respective cities.
That's interesting, but makes sense, considering they would want to attract fans that can relate. Although, wasn't Sammy Sosa of Dominican descent? There's only a few Dominicans in Chicago. I will admit though I don't know if he played for anybody else before the Cubs, as I don't follow baseball.
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Unread 03-25-2011, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Chicago, Avondale South-Central
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Scythians. Who can't use a few more in the hood?
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Unread 03-25-2011, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Girls
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Unread 03-25-2011, 03:39 PM
 
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That's interesting, but makes sense, considering they would want to attract fans that can relate. Although, wasn't Sammy Sosa of Dominican descent? There's only a few Dominicans in Chicago. I will admit though I don't know if he played for anybody else before the Cubs, as I don't follow baseball.
Well usually they try, but they don't always get what they want. I think it was mroe evident in that lecture when they explained that the Red Sox have a baseball camp in the Domincan Rebpublic and I think New York Yankees in Venezuela. I don't remember the details, but it definitely seems that they to get certain players based both on their skills and ethnicities.
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Unread 03-25-2011, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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More Scots and Irish. (That grew up there.)

There are way too many Mexicans.
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Unread 03-25-2011, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Scythians. Who can't use a few more in the hood?

Good archers and superb horsemen.

As long as we're after Steppe Peoples I think we need more Avars, Alans, Parthians, Sarmatians and Magyars as well; especially Magyars named Zsa Zsa, Eva and Mitzi.

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Unread 03-25-2011, 06:53 PM
 
Location: Chicago - Logan Square
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Scythians?!?! That would turn the city into a war zone by upsetting the balance between the Cimmerian, Sarmatian, and Macedonian gangs. No thank you.

Some drunken Welshmen could be good, we need more street signs with 20 w's.
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Unread 03-25-2011, 07:32 PM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
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Girls
Especially those with long, slender limbs.
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Unread 03-25-2011, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Some drunken Welshmen could be good,
Is there another kind?
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Unread 03-25-2011, 10:36 PM
 
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How about some French people? (not that we need them). You rarely here anyone here saying they are of French descent.
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