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I don't need MLB to recognized the legitimacy and greatness of old Black players. Black fans and players knew that.
But since they're doing this, let me add.
1. MLB needs to recognize all the Black players they kept out since the 1880s.
2. pour their resources into helping collect stats and archiving these stats.
3. put an asterisk by pre integrated stats
4. name the racists that Jim Crowed.
1. MLB needs to recognize all the Black players they kept out since the 1880s.
2. pour their resources into helping collect stats and archiving these stats.
3. put an asterisk by pre integrated stats
4. name the racists that Jim Crowed.
anyway, if you want informative books on the business of Black ball, check out
Michael Lomax, Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary and Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues
Michael Lomax, Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary and Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues
If you want to support Black women writing about Black ball, @AndreaWillWrite Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues is coming out next month.
And @curlyfro is one of the best in the business. https://www.mlb.com/news/octavius-catto-used-baseball-to-promote-equality
And @curlyfro is one of the best in the business. https://www.mlb.com/news/octavius-catto-used-baseball-to-promote-equality
One way to think about how much talent is left out of MLB since they Jim Crowed Moses Fleetwood Walker, is to note that from 1949-1959, ex-Negro Leaguers won all but 2 of the NL MVP awards.
