I can already hear the angry replies of the people whose family trees are wreaths...
@sentientdessert The one legitimate concern is that Negro League records were much less consistent than MLB recordkeeping. But I'm sure they've done their due diligence in this regard.
@LiberalLibrarian Aye, recognizing athletes achievements through history is important... And I cant help but have a little schadenfruede at all the racist sports fans who will have their hackles raised.
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And if Kenesaw Mountain Landis and the team owners hadn't been lying Racist POSes, they wouldn't need to integrate records because they'd all already have been there.
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