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Baseball legend Willie Mays says it’s ‘amazing’ he has 10 more hits after MLB integrated Negro...
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 57 minutes agoJosh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the history of the Negro Leagues, is now listed as...
With Negro League stats, MLB links legends like never before
ESPN· 13 hours agoWHEN MLB ANNOUNCED last week that its official statistical record would be updated with the treasure...
Records from the Negro Leagues become part of MLB history: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week |...
Houston Public Media· 5 days agoThe Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if...
JOSH GIBSON'S NEW PLACE IN THE RECORD BOOKS
NPR· 4 days agoFifty-six straight games, 4,256...stats tell an instant story to the fans who know what they mean. So even though the Negro Leagues have gotten more and more recognition in ...
MLB including Negro League stats should make fans question our biases
NBC Sports Boston via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoEven for a sport that reflects America's segregationist past like no other, It's a breathtaking act...
Charges against Scottie Scheffler dropped. Plus, MLB gets new career batting average leader from the...
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoIn case you’re wondering, no team in NBA history has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-7 series. Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics are resting...in the form of dog ...
Condescension masquerading as justice: MLB tries to whitewash its history
The Hill· 12 hours agoMajor League Baseball (MLB) is in the middle of rewriting its history. MLB would like to be...
The Monday After: KSU Stark educator overjoyed as Negro League stats join Baseball HOF
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoNow the educator sees the newly accepted statistics as stepping stones on which good-natured...
Negro Leagues stats finally crack MLB’s record book. But don’t get lost in the numbers
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 7 days ago“It’s kind of hereditary,” former player Dee Gordon once told me after walking through the exhibits....
MLB's integration of Negro League stats invites us to explore baseball as never before
New York Times· 5 days agoWith the news this week that statistics from the Negro Leagues will officially become a part of...