November 25, 2025Nov 25 27 minutes ago, Timmy U said: Baseball America is always complaining about that but I am not so sure that those leagues are better for development than backfields are. Another case in point is Oppor who used a year at the complex to perfect his delivery and pitch mix. Because of all those small towns losing professional baseball...if only for 40 home games or whatever it amounted to, the related seasonal jobs/s and support staff...and the continued takeover of most of the AA AAA teams by private equity interests. https://www.amazon.com/Homestand-Small-Baseball-Fight-America/dp/0385549652 Lucas Mann write a similar book about the Clinton LumberKings...about a decade ago. That old Clinton stadium was used for the Ron LeFlore Story once upon a time....now it's utilized for college players in the summer. Edited November 25, 2025Nov 25 by caulfield12
November 25, 2025Nov 25 On 11/24/2025 at 9:03 AM, oldsox said: I would like to read it. -1 child policy -sex selective abortion -confucianism even without the 1 child policy, I have a friend from Taiwan who was abandoned by her family because they "already had too many girls".
November 25, 2025Nov 25 24 minutes ago, nrockway said: -1 child policy -sex selective abortion -confucianism even without the 1 child policy, I have a friend from Taiwan who was abandoned by her family because they "already had too many girls". there are some other factors in the countryside (western China) boys are still needed for agricultural work...so lots of 3-5 boy families priority for male heirs and a largely male dominated society...traditional cultural belief to value boys more, especially in Taiwan now theoretically they're not allowed to tell you ahead of time if youre having a boy or girl but there are ways around that such as "guanxi" relationships with hospital officials or bribes they can tell you if the child will have birth defects or any other abmormalities...special education is almost non existent here as many only have one shot the idea boys take care of families whereas girls marry and take responsibility for husband's family many girls were adopted internationally in 70s 80s 90s because they weren't wanted by families Edited November 25, 2025Nov 25 by caulfield12
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