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MLB is finally recognizing Negro Leagues stats, but Josh Gibson
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MLB recognizes historic Negro Leagues as 'Major League
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Major League Baseball Finally Recognizes 'Negro League' Achievements: It Needs To Do More
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The Athletic] MLB's plan to integrate Negro League numbers and statistical legacies with its own remains years from completion. So what's taking so long? : r/baseball
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MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League' : NPR
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MLB to give Negro Leagues 'long overdue recognition' as a major league - Los Angeles Times
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Matt Horn: History stays same, but MLB finally includes Negro Leagues
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Baseball Rights a Wrong by Adding Negro Leagues to Official Records - The New York Times
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Josh Gibson, star of the Negro Leagues - Underground Groundbreakers
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Why the MVP award should be renamed after Negro Leagues great Josh Gibson
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How many MVPs would Josh Gibson have won? – Jason Cards
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Setting the Record Straight
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The Negro Leagues are major leagues — but merging their stats has been anything but seamless - The Athletic
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MLB stats: How Negro League players rank now
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Jackie Robinson and the Decline of the Negro Leagues – Society for American Baseball Research