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Before Jackie Robinson became a baseball icon, he was an elite multisport athlete
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApril 15 is Jackie Robinson Day. And every year, on Jackie Robinson Day, we celebrate Jackie’s...
Negro Leagues Statistics Become Part of Major League Baseball Historical Record
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoNegro Leagues statistics will become part of the official Major League historical record today, May...
Willie Mays has added 10 more hits to his MLB record
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoWillie Mays hasn't played in a Major League Baseball game in more than 50 years — but the legendary athlete just earned new stats. That's because the MLB...
Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of Negro League stats | Press Box Wag
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoCHICAGO — Josh Gibson was so slack-jaw impressive playing baseball in the 1930s and ‘40s against...
Willie Mays, Entertaining Icon of Baseball, Dies at 93
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo Sports· 50 minutes agoWillie Mays, the incandescent center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants whose...
Former Negro League baseball team owner welcomes MLB stat decision
WOOD via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Major League Baseball is now recognizing stats in the record books of...
Trailblazer Larry Doby proved integration was here to stay in baseball 75 years ago
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome historians say democracy in America wasn't complete until John Adams took office as the second...
Tampa Baseball Museum shares impact of MLB-Negro Leagues stats integration
WFLA via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoPlayers like Sarasota native and Hall of Famer Buck O'Neil and Tampa native Dirk Gibbons, who...
Baseball's Negro Leagues' Stats Will Be Incorporated Into MLB Records
HuffPost via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoMajor League Baseball will officially be including statistics for the Negro Leagues in its record...
Statistics from Negro Leagues officially added to MLB record books
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoIn a milestone decision decades in the making, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it is...