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Originally Posted by pgconboy
And my obvious point was that whites FAILED to make the majors as a result of open and free competition.
Blacks were completely denied entry due to racism.
I don't see a shred of wiggle room.
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Definitely open and free competition, but also lack of space. That's all I'm trying to convey.
OK, I'll spin it a slightly different way:
Let's say expansion started not in the 1960's but 30 years prior. It's clear that many of the players who weren't able to make it beyond the minors up to this hypothetical point would be called up due to more job openings. All of a sudden, they're in the bigs where they should have been in the first place. Like many of their NL counterparts, we're not talking about incredible talents here, but rather
enough talent to spend some time at the Major League level.
(I am not arguing anything to do with racism, but rather expanding on my
"can of worms" theory--as in, where does it end if history needs to be revised?)