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Jim Leyland's No. 10 to be retired by Detroit Tigers on Aug. 3
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoJim Leyland's No. 10 will be retired by the Detroit Tigers during a ceremony on Aug. 3. The team...
Trotter: Why MLB's inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics should come with an asterisk
New York Times· 6 days agoThe announcement that Major League Baseball is now integrating statistics from the Negro Leagues...
Baseball legend Willie Mays says it’s ‘amazing’ he has 10 more hits after MLB integrated Negro...
WKBT La Crosse· 2 days ago“So that’s a very good thing,” Mays told CNN in a statement Wednesday. The Hall of Famer is...
Leyland's No. 10 to be retired by Tigers Aug. 3
ESPN· 3 days agoJim Leyland's No. 10 will be retired by the Detroit Tigers during a ceremony on Aug. 3. The team announced the honor Monday, the 10th number retired by...
A Whittier baseball museum is ready to step up to the plate after Negro League integration
Whittier Daily News· 6 days agoFor nearly a decade, the one-of-a-kind Institute for Baseball Studies at Whittier College has...
Why you think Ty Cobb was a racist (when he wasn't)
Newsweek· 3 days agoCobb, who played mostly for the Detroit Tigers from 1905 to 1928, was a pioneering superstar who had an astounding lifetime batting average of .367, a...
Negro League baseball players are finally recognized in MLB’s record books - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoAfter some gentle prodding, he mentioned such hardball heroes as Willie...Walker became the first — and last — Black man on a Major League Baseball team until Jackie
LEONARD GREENE: Recognition of Negro Leaguers cheated out of playing in MLB is long overdue
New York Daily News· 5 days agoWell, neither did Babe Ruth. While Ruth was clouting home runs, and Ty Cobb was collecting hits, and...
Portraits of greats pave 'Road to Rickwood,' intersect with updated MLB leaders: Cardinals Extra
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 6 days agoIn the two weeks since former ballplayer Micah Johnson finished his striking portrait of Hall of...
MLB's integration of Negro League stats invites us to explore baseball as never before
New York Times· 7 days agoWith the news this week that statistics from the Negro Leagues will officially become a part of MLB’...