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The Negro Leagues Were Always Equal to the MLB
The Root· 37 minutes agoThe wrongs of the MLB in the late 19th and early 20th Century can never be righted. For 70 years, the Major Leagues would not allow Black players to play...
Negro League stats being added to MLB records ‘long time coming’
The Hill· 3 hours agoOn Wednesday Negro League statistics were integrated into Major League Baseball’s historical record....
Josh Gibson Supplants Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, as Baseball’s Best Hitter [OPINION]
Seattle University Specatator· 1 day agoBaseball has a new greatest hitter of all time, and his name is Josh Gibson. A catcher for the Homestead Grays, the Memphis Red Sox, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, larger-than-life stories about ...
Rewriting the record books: MLB officially incorporates Negro Leagues statistics
KOAA5· 1 day agoIn a move deemed decades overdue by many fans, combining the records from both leagues has made Hall...
Today in Sports History: Barry Bonds hit his 715th career HR to pass Babe Ruth for 2nd-place...
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoIn 2006, Barry Bonds hits his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the...
Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston and 5 other Negro Leagues players who benefit most from MLB stats...
Sporting News· 1 day agoMajor League Baseball will announce the results of a more than three-year research endeavor into...
...Up Record Books With Addition of Negro Leagues’ Stats, X Celebrates Josh Gibson Passing Babe Ruth...
Hip-Hop Wired· 20 hours agoThe MLB is finally doing right by the exceptional athletes who dominated the Negro Leagues by...
MLB incorporates historical records of black players
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoMore than 2,300 black players played in segregated leagues during that period. Now MLB has finished the task of updating its records to feature those...
Opinion: Josh Gibson was a legend who died at 35. He deserves to be a household name | CNN
CNN.com· 5 hours agoThe Detroit Lions are going to the Super Bowl! Well, one is tempted towards similar effusions when...
Josh Gibson becomes new MLB career and season batting leader
The Times and Democrat· 17 hours agoJosh Gibson became Major League Baseball's career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty...