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Josh Gibson Supplants Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, as Baseball’s Best Hitter [OPINION]
Seattle University Specatator· 6 days 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 ...
Josh Gibson's new place in the record books
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 1 day agoNPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sean Gibson, the great-grandson of baseball legend Josh Gibson, about how statistics from the Negro Leagues have been integrated with Major League Baseball.
Blinn rallies in ninth to keep season alive
The Bryan-College Station Eagle· 3 days agoBlinn’s first two batters in the ninth walked and moved up on a sacrifice bunt. Tanner Reaves struck out, but Cade Climie walked to load the bases.
Ty Cobb Dethroned as Baseball's Batting Champion, Nearly a Century After He Retired
The New York Sun· 2 days agoA baseball historian and author, Ralph Wimbish, remembers how a great Black ballplayer, Buck O’Neil,...
Rosenthal: Inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics in MLB records only enhances baseball's history
New York Times· 5 days agoHow legitimate were MLB’s statistics prior to 1947, when the league was essentially an all-white...
MLB to have new all-time leader in batting average: report
KTLA articles via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoMajor League Baseball’s record book is about to be rewritten once it officially incorporates...
Negro Leagues statistics to be officially integrated into MLB historical record
Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoGibson's career batting average of .372 passes Ty Cobb for the all-time lead, while his career...
The Real Value of the Negro Leagues Can’t Be Captured in Statistics
The Atlantic· 2 days agoYou can look it up; it’s right there in the record books. Baseball statistics offer a comforting...
Columbus embraces the wacky beauty of Banana Ball
Axios· 5 days agoWhy it matters: The Bananas World Tour, which just swept through Columbus for three days of sold-out, high-octane baseball comedy performances, reminds...
New MLB stats recognize the legacy of Black players
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 5 days agoAccording to official statistics, Major League Baseball now has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was ...
