About 3,400 players were part of these seven leagues that existed from 1920 to 1948. Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced that records of Negro Leagues players will be included in the game's official...
Negro Leagues Get Major League Recognition
Major League Baseball announced Wednesday it is reclassifying the Negro Leagues as major league and recognizing their statistics and records. For some, the move is only a step toward true appreciation of the greatness of those players and the neglect they experienced.
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So while the names of generations of players will finally be recognized by people who seem to think that statistics are what make baseball, the …
MLB announced on Wednesday morning that seven distinct Negro Leagues will be given official “major league” status, a long-overdue correction related …
On August 29, 1973, 42-year-old Met Willie Mays smacked a fifth-inning single to left off Padres southpaw Rich Troedson, driving in Bud Harrelson …
Major League Baseball’s reclassification Wednesday of the Negro Leagues will correct “a longtime oversight in the game’s history” and officially …
The National Baseball Hall of Fame includes 35 members who were inducted based on their Negro League careers, but the Negro Leagues’ impact on the …
As Black talent trickled to the major leagues, interest in the Negro Leagues waned.
Baseball had a chance. It was 1869. The Pythian Base Ball Club of Philadelphia played the Philadelphia Olympics. Not a well-pitched game: Olympics 44, Pythian 23. It was noteworthy, however, because Pythian...
A version of this story was first published in November, 2020, a few weeks before MLB announced that Negro League stats were being made part of the …
CLEVELAND — Perhaps you've heard of Negro League legends, like Josh Gibson—often referred to as the “Black Babe Ruth." or Jackie Robinson, the first …
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Pollard has been tapped to direct The League, a documentary centered on the tumultuous journey of Negro league baseball. Ahmir …
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Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThe Negro Leagues are celebrating their centennial and it is has become more clearer than ever that future …
A century after Rube Foster gathered his fellow team owners at the Kansas City YMCA to form the Negro National League, the broader legacy of the …
As the country reckons with various racial injustices throughout its history, baseball — which prides itself on being "America's Pastime" — must do the same. The 100th anniversary of Rube Foster founding...
Baseball's Negro Leagues were formally founded a hundred years ago this week. They should never have had to exist — but they sure had some glorious players and times. Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Bell,...