YASNY Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 This is amazing! Mistreatment of young Latinos in the Dominican Republublic by the Cubs organization. It's horrid! The Lovable Cubbies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 That is pretty sordid. I wonder if the cubs run a unique or particularly exploitve and abusive program for young Latin American players, or if this is typical of many MLB teams' operations. Does anyone know what, if anything, the Sox do such as this, and if so, what the conditions are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSF Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 OMG, how sad. No person should have to live in those type of conditions, & to have his livelihood taken away from him, that's just wrong. The Cubs organization should be ashamed of themselves. The really sad thing, though, is the Cubs might not be the only organization that does this, just maybe the first one to get exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI1020 Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 I was prepared to be cynical, but Ron Rapaport is a Chicago sports journalist I greatly respect. This appears legit and it it most unfortunate. In today's age no team can afford this kind of bad press so I definitely see the Cubs fixing the problem if not out of the goodness of their hearts, then for the PR value. From the story you can see the hideous poverty that afflicts most of Latin America. No wonder more and more Latin ballplayers make to the Bigs. You can take the worst inner city ghetto in the US and it is far superior to the living conditions in much of Latin America. Plus young kids can play ball all year round if they can get some kind of bats and balls. What an incentive to play ball. I want to think the Cubs situation was not typical but just don't have the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 HOLY s***!!!! my question is the sCrubs have more latin players on the team, cruz etc... so why are they not talking or maybe supporting this report. post this on many mlb msg board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 yeah no kidding i wonder what the flubbie trolls would have to say about it........of course most would argue the validity of it im sure.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 yeah no kidding i wonder what the flubbie trolls would have to say about it........of course most would argue the validity of it im sure.......... i already mailed it to BA and Baseball Prosoectus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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