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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
So once MLB was nominally integrated, the Negro Leagues were minor leagues.
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Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll
So, from January 1, 1949 until the end of the Negro Leagues no stats are recognized officially toward a players true lifetime accumulated stats and averages. Doesn't seem quite right and fair. Like the powers that be are doing their own picking and choosing what counts and what doesn't count.
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Rewriting/denying history to suit an obvious contemporary political purpose is not usually concerned with consistency or logic or sensibility. That was not on the agenda.