With Negro League Stats Now Counted as the Major Leagues, Mississippi’s Cool Papa Bell’s Hall of Fame Significance Grows
In 2024, the Negro League baseball statistics were officially added to the Major League Baseball records. Mississippi native ...
Negro-League Players Don’t Belong in the MLB Record Books
The Negro leagues were formed by baseball’s hard color line. Black players and teams were rejected by the official amateur ...
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Best of BP: History is Messy
A couple of weeks have passed since Gibson officially became the career batting average leader in the history of the major ...
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‘The League’ documentary chronicles the rise and demise of Negro League baseball
Also, viewers will be intrigued by people like Effa Manley, the co-owner of the Newark Eagles and the first woman admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Negro Leagues had profitable teams and ...
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Game recognized game: These Royals greats embodied spirit of Negro Leagues Baseball | Opinion
Local baseball aficionados may recall Otis’ smooth playing style in center field. To use a term coined by officials with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City — Otis got game.
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Unsung Legends Of Negro League Baseball Gather At Rickwood Field
Dan Freedman is lawyer and IBWAA member who writes about baseball. This is the third in a series of articles about Rickwood Field and MLB’s Salute to the Negro Leagues, which was held from June ...
Dave Winfield, Mike Piazza and the baseball world mourn death of Rickey Henderson: ‘One of my favorite teammates’
Henderson’s former Yankee teammate, Dave Winfield, took to Instagram to share his condolences. “I still cannot believe I’ve ...