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Article: Or have Blacks lost interest in the game? 'There's enough blame on both sides of the equation'.(TWO SIDES)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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It's a bit like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg. That's how complex the answers are to the question of what triggered the disconnection between the African-American community and the game of baseball. And there's enough blame on both sides of the equation to circle the bases.
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