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MLB elevating the status of Negro Leagues is the problem, not the solution
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The League - Movie Review - The Austin Chronicle
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Negro Leagues stats officially incorporated into Baseball Reference's database - Chicago Sun-Times
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143 years of screwing up: a historical look at errors in baseball - GLYPH
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Jackie Robinson, Biography, Statistics, Number, Facts, & Legacy
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Negro League stats now ranked with MLB's
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Baseball Reference incorporates Negro Leagues stats into majors on site - True Blue LA
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MLB is finally recognizing Negro Leagues stats, but Josh Gibson won't become baseball's official home run king
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Hoornstra: Finding MLB's real 20,000th player, with apologies to Jose Godoy – Orange County Register
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Negro League stats added to Baseball Reference website - Sports Illustrated
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Baseball Reference now showing Negro League stats as major league stats : r/baseball