Baseball Statistics for Lou Dobbs

In honor of baseball's opening day yesterday, here are some statistics* to frighten Lou Dobbs.

* In 1965, 90 percent of major league players were born in the United States. Cuba, with 26 players, topped the 11 other places represented.

* In 2006, 72 percent of major league players were born in the United States. The Dominican Republic, with 146 players, topped the 20 other places represented.

I wonder if Lou thinks it'd be a good idea to erect a giant fence around Major League Baseball? Wouldn't Lou say that the likes of Rod Carew (Panama) and Albert the Great (Dominican Republic) stole/steal jobs from American boys?

Lou?

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Also in honor of Opening Day, here's my February prediction about Barry Bonds. Bonds will break the classy Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, I'm guessing, in July against the Cubs, which should send many baseball fans into a Roid Rage worthy of Bonds himself.

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* Statistics from New York Times via Stats Inc.