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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog
Okay, good point. I do wonder if, some day in the future, everyone will just accept that Jackie played his first MLB game for the 1945 KC Monarchs and this could detract from the perceived importance of his breaking the National League color barrier, but my guess is that's pretty unlikely, at least in the next 100 years.
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My guess is no. The fact that NL stats are recognized as MLB stats compensates for a wrong to a small degree but doesn't wipe out the wrong itself. I mean, if I run you over and break your leg and you get a payout from my insurance, that doesn't negate the broken leg, just compensates you for suffering it. We don't say your leg wasn't broken. Robinson was the first black player in MLB. Period. Full stop. End of discussion. Nothing can alter that fact.
