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For recently inducted Sox Hall of Famer Dustin Pedroia, will the next stop be Cooperstown?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Sports· 14 hours agoThere are only 20 second basemen in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including the Red Sox’s ...
In black and white: Mixing Negro League, MLB stats reduces baseball history’s grey area
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoIt’s been 53 years since the first Negro Leagues player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
The History of Black Baseball Players, on Full Display
New York Times· 3 days agoOctavius Catto’s impact was mostly unknown here at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ...
Trotter: Why MLB's inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics should come with an asterisk
New York Times· 3 days agoThe announcement that Major League Baseball is now integrating statistics from the Negro Leagues...
Mark Madden: Adding Negro League stats to MLB is dishonest, factually incorrect
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 4 days agoAs of Tuesday, MLB’s all-time batting average leader never took a swing in MLB. Black players being...
Josh Gibson and the Negro Leagues are finally getting proper recognition, rewriting record books
Philly.com· 5 days agoJosh Gibson, the second of 37 Negro Leagues players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of ...
Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of Negro League stats | Press Box Wag
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 1 day ago“For me that’s being able to play baseball. That’s something I don’t take for granted.” Hurtubise,...
Editorial: MLB finally embraces all of the major leagues. Including the Black ones
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoWe can never truly know. The move by MLB corrects a grievous error that has for too long subverted...
The Negro Leagues are officially part of MLB history — with the records to prove it
NPR· 5 days agoThat process was complicated by the lack of comparable data, both because of the paucity of...
Satchel Paige’s family reflects on historic merger of baseball records
WDAF via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoIn...of them are still living, most notably, Baseball Hall of Fame Willie Mays, who is now 93 years...