The History Of Baseball’s Negro Leagues

31/05/2024 18 min
The History Of Baseball’s Negro Leagues

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Episode Synopsis

Major League Baseball is now incorporating statistics of Negro League players in their record books. Since this change, ball players like Josh Gibson have dethroned legends like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Reset learns more about the history of the Negro Leagues and Black baseball stars with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder and author Larry Lester.

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