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Twins Hunter: In 10 years, no blacks in MLB

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Twins OF Torii Hunter defended Tigers star Gary Sheffield's comments about Latin players being easier to control than African American players, during an interview on Fox Sports Radio.

"You go over to Latin America and you could buy a guy for $5,000. That's the same guy from Compton, who you get in first round for a million dollars out of high school," Hunter said.

Torii told FSR's Andrew Siciliano that its all about the bottom line. "It's a business thing. You can go to Latin America and get the same talent as a black player in Compton. But that black player from Compton is going to be $2 million. If he doesn’t pan out, then they're going to be out $2 million. You go to the Dominican or Cuba and you get a guy for $2,000, then you are only out $2,000."

"I think that it’s a business thing, not a race thing. Because it happens to African Americans, then it becomes a racial thing. I do agree that ten years from now you are going to see no blacks (in MLB)."