Comments on: Mrs. Met Won’t Get Us Out of This One: Discrimination, Rule Changes, and the Future of Baseball Fandom http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-2557 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:02:44 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-2557 […] problem—with its dwindling popularity in African-American communities, with its traditions misogyny and lukewarm punishments for domestic violence, with homophobia amongst its players and on the […]

]]> By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-496 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:08:20 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-496 […] that not every bad act needs to be forgiven or forgotten so easily. I believe that the Mets–who already have a complicated history with women and female fans–should take the path away from Reyes, and not diminish the seriousness of his offenses by […]

]]> By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-67 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:01:15 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-67 […] repeatedly spoken out about the importance of keeping baseball America’s pastime by making it more inclusive for everyone, particularly with respect to the rapid decline of African-American major leaguers–dropping from […]

]]> By: Mets - Baseball Prospectus http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-52 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:03:01 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-52 […] MLB has been slow to evolve with the times on pretty much all levels of the game and fan experience. The fact that paternity leave wasn’t even factored into a […]

]]> By: Subie http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-14 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:46:52 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-14 Mrs. Met is no help at all. In fact, she’s part of the problem. When asked where she has been all these years (since “Lady Met” of the 1960’s) the Mets replied “she was home taking care of the children.” Plus the way she sashays around the field is both curious and offensive. I don’t know a single woman who walks that way. They don’t need to change baseball to attract female fans, they just need people like those announcers to join the 21century and accept them.

]]> By: Zennith http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-9 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:50:54 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-9 Excellent article, thanks for the perspective. I appreciate that the Mets do seem to be making an effort, what with the things you listed and the first LGBT Pride night being scheduled for this year. There’s still plenty of work to do, and they’re far from perfect, but its a start.

]]> By: tearecrules http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/30/mrs-met-wont-get-us-out-of-this-one-discrimination-rule-changes-new-baseball/#comment-8 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:00:41 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=69#comment-8 The first item in the women’s section of the Mets MLB shop is a women’s cut jersey in pinstripes or blue available in sizes S to XXL. None of the Mets jerseys for sale are pink and glitter unicorn-vomit ones. If you can’t afford the $80 for one from the official team store a quick search of Target or Walmart should help, but you might have to settle for a jersey-looking t-shirt.

That the MLB is something my son is at risk of not being able to enjoy as much with his child 20 years from now is depressing and worrisome. It’s not like it’s impossible for a once-major sport to fade to irrelevance (hello boxing!). I question though whether what is holding it back is is that it isn’t accommodating to POC, LBGTQ, women, etc. MLB players are 40% POC. It is the only major American sport where Asian players are not oddities to be gawked at. I’d bet a bright shiny quarter that black representation in the MLB is almost at its lowest level since integration has a lot more to do with socio-economic factors of African-Americans in the US than with the MLB frowning on Home Run Dances. I thihnk Rian Wyatt touched on some of those issues for BP when Antwan Randle-El said he should have played baseball instead of football.

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