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How the Tigers' Justyn-Henry Malloy ended up wearing No. 44
Detroit News· 1 hour agoThe story behind Tigers’ rookie Justyn-Henry Malloy getting to wear No. 44 is a beauty. First,...
The fight over Jackie Robinson
Washington Post· 4 days agoRachel Robinson couldn’t give her blessing at first. At that point, it had been nearly 50 years since her husband, Jackie Robinson, died and more than 70...
Original set of Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers contracts caught in legal dispute
ESPN· 4 days agoJust inside the entrance to the 19,380-square-foot Jackie Robinson Museum in lower Manhattan, a...
With Negro League stats, MLB links legends like never before
ESPN· 3 days agoWHEN MLB ANNOUNCED last week that its official statistical record would be updated with the treasure...
Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of Negro League stats | Press Box Wag
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoHe died of a stroke, at 35, a few months before Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in...
Willie Mays has added 10 more hits to his MLB record
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoMays' record now states he has 3,293 hits, including 10 for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948, the MLB announced last week. Baseball was segregated...
Hall of Fame Examines 150 Years of Black Baseball History
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoIt wasn’t until 1962 that Jackie Robinson became the first Black player inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Now, that same Hall of Fame has opened an ...
Baseball legend Willie Mays says it’s ‘amazing’ he has 10 more hits after MLB integrated Negro...
CNN.com· 3 days agoBaseball legend Willie Mays never expected to get 10 more career hits five decades after his last...
Bill Swank: San Diego's Walter McCoy was a living link to Negro Leagues, baseball history
U-T San Diego· 1 day agoEditor’s note: Last week, Major League Baseball announced that Negro Leagues statistics from 1920-48...
Every Phillies retired number, and 5 more they should retire. Is Bryce Harper one of them?
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoRoberts won 234 games and had 1,871 strikeouts as a Phillie, second in both categories in franchise ...