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Willie Mays woke up with 10 more MLB hits on Wednesday
Birmingham News· 3 days agoMays is among the Negro Leagues players with Alabama baseball roots who have had their exploits on...
Reviled Umpire Ángel Hernández Announces Abrupt Retirement From MLB
Sports Illustrated· 4 days agoUmpire Ángel Hernández has retired from MLB, he announced Monday night. Hernández, who had been...
Negro Leagues statistics to be officially integrated into MLB historical record
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 4 days ago“We looked for historians, statisticians, and stakeholders who all could be expected to have concern...
Ty Cobb Dethroned as Baseball's Batting Champion, Nearly a Century After He Retired
The New York Sun· 18 hours agoWimbish told the Sun. “I guess they’ve finally done the reverse after all this time, which is good.”...
MLB's Most Controversial Umpire Reportedly To Retire Immediately
Newsweek· 5 days agoHernández, 62, had been negotiating a financial settlement with MLB since he last umpired a game May...
MLB to have new all-time leader in batting average: report
KTLA articles via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoMajor League Baseball’s record book is about to be rewritten once it officially incorporates...
Rosenthal: Inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics in MLB records only enhances baseball's history
New York Times· 2 days agoHow legitimate were MLB’s statistics prior to 1947, when the league was essentially an all-white...
Dodgers' Jackie Robinson Gains Higher Profile With MLB Records Change
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoThe updates take into account what players were known to have accomplished in Negro League games,...
New MLB stats recognize the legacy of Black players
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 3 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 integrated, and ...
‘Road to Rickwood’: The Holy Grail of Baseball
Birmingham News· 4 days agoThe series explores the history of the Negro Leagues in Birmingham with Roy Wood Jr. hosting the new narrative series from National Public Radio and...
