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MLB recognizes historic Negro Leagues as โMajor Leagueโ
Read full article: MLB recognizes historic Negro Leagues as โMajor LeagueโMajor League Baseball (MLB) is finally recognizing the historic Negro Leagues as part of its own history -- counting the statistics and records of thousands of Black baseball players. The MLB is now recognizing more than 3,400 players as โMajor Leagueโ players for the first time in history. โItโs overdue, but itโs a bittersweet moment because most of the guys are gone,โ said Negro League historian Louis Manley Jr. Between 1920 and 1948, four major Negro League teams played in Detroit. He could do it all,โ Rosilyn Stearnes said of her father Turkey Stearns.