Current Events > MLB is officially elevating the Negro Leagues stats to 'Major League' status.

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Lebronwon 12/16/20 2:27:53 PM #1:	https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1339247106104717312 https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1339235119354286080 --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 <cite>Lebronwon posted [p:948408454] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1339247106104717312 https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1339235119354286080 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TroutPaste 12/16/20 2:39:41 PM #3:	Wonder if any major records will be changed? in the standings. Will be interesting to look into that . Hits, home runs, ERA --- https://steamcommunity.com/id/Acerbic89 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1488-free-games <cite>TroutPaste posted [p:948408845] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Wonder if any major records will be changed? in the standings. Will be interesting to look into that . Hits, home runs, ERA </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/16/20 2:40:24 PM #4:	like... just now??? --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948408873] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>like... just now??? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/16/20 2:41:05 PM #5:	TroutPaste posted... Wonder if any major records will be changed? in the standings. Will be interesting to look into that . Hits, home runs, ERA Probably no records will be changed but a lot of "first black person to (x) in the MLB" will change --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:948408905] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>TroutPaste posted... </cite> <quote>Wonder if any major records will be changed? in the standings. Will be interesting to look into that . Hits, home runs, ERA</quote> Probably no records will be changed but a lot of "first black person to (x) in the MLB" will change </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/16/20 2:41:23 PM #6:	viewmaster_pi posted... like... just now??? They said it was an oversight. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:948408916] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>like... just now???</quote> They said it was an oversight. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 12/16/20 2:41:27 PM #7:	viewmaster_pi posted... like... just now??? I heard it about 45 minutes ago. --- "If you know the why, you can live any how." - Nietzsche <cite>brestugo posted [p:948408919] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>like... just now???</quote>I heard it about 45 minutes ago. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
I4NRulez 12/16/20 2:41:52 PM #8:	Good --- The night brims with defiled scum,and is permeated by their rotten stench. Just think. Now you're all set to hunt and kill to your heart's content. <cite>I4NRulez posted [p:948408934] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Good </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Geiki Ganger 12/16/20 2:44:46 PM #9:	Tyranthraxus posted... They said it was an oversight. MLB has a weird way of spelling "racism." --- Nintendo 3DS Friend Code: 3368 - 1137 - 5460 http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/Gamecubesupreme/sf7y9s.jpg <cite>Geiki Ganger posted [p:948409054] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite> <quote>They said it was an oversight.</quote> MLB has a weird way of spelling "racism." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nothanks1 12/16/20 2:45:11 PM #10:	I thought it was considered a major one just one for black players only like even when it existed --- for the alcohlics https://www.aa.org/ <cite>nothanks1 posted [p:948409075] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>I thought it was considered a major one just one for black players only like even when it existed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/16/20 2:45:40 PM #11:	Geiki Ganger posted... MLB has a weird way of spelling "racism." It was an oversight that they didn't correct this racism, not that the negro league itself was an oversight --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:948409092] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Geiki Ganger posted... </cite> <quote>MLB has a weird way of spelling "racism."</quote> It was an oversight that they didn't correct this racism, not that the negro league itself was an oversight </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 12/16/20 2:47:20 PM #12:	I'm sure there are certain people just fuming at this. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:948409162] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>I'm sure there are certain people just fuming at this. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 12/16/20 2:48:05 PM #13:	Good move --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:948409199] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Good move </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CM_Ponch 12/16/20 2:48:58 PM #14:	Do any records change? --- SW-8316-3213-4720 <cite>CM_Ponch posted [p:948409236] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Do any records change? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lebronwon 12/16/20 3:34:32 PM #15:	CM_Ponch posted... Do any records change? It was just announced. Not much info. It could be like the NBA/ABA where they have separate totals for combined and for the league. Or they actually combine them like the AFL/NFL did. Stuff like this tweet below might happen though https://twitter.com/TomWAVYTV/status/1339285687359725568 --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 <cite>Lebronwon posted [p:948411171] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>CM_Ponch posted... </cite> <quote>Do any records change?</quote> It was just announced. Not much info. It could be like the NBA/ABA where they have separate totals for combined and for the league. Or they actually combine them like the AFL/NFL did. Stuff like this tweet below might happen though https://twitter.com/TomWAVYTV/status/1339285687359725568 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DipDipDiver 12/16/20 3:37:00 PM #16:	That's awesome I wonder how many of those guys are still alive to see it <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:948411254] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>That's awesome I wonder how many of those guys are still alive to see it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Correct_Facts 12/16/20 3:37:31 PM #17:	So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore? <cite>Correct_Facts posted [p:948411268] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 12/16/20 3:39:13 PM #18:	Correct_Facts posted... So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore? Imagine this being your take --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:948411342] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Correct_Facts posted... </cite> <quote>So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore?</quote>Imagine this being your take </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SquirtleSkwad 12/16/20 3:40:22 PM #19:	I had no idea there was something titled "The Negro Leagues" in baseball. --- "If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough."-Albert Einstein <cite>SquirtleSkwad posted [p:948411381] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>I had no idea there was something titled "The Negro Leagues" in baseball. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Correct_Facts 12/16/20 3:40:30 PM #20:	Tyranthraxus posted... Imagine this being your take Well he's been long known as the first African-american professional baseball player but now he isn't anymore. <cite>Correct_Facts posted [p:948411385] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite> <quote>Imagine this being your take</quote>Well he's been long known as the first African-american professional baseball player but now he isn't anymore. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jackgunney 12/16/20 3:43:29 PM #21:	Tyranthraxus posted... Probably no records will be changed but a lot of "first black person to (x) in the MLB" will change Correct_Facts posted... So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore? --- Rip Sig 20??-20?? <cite>jackgunney posted [p:948411501] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite> <quote>Probably no records will be changed but a lot of "first black person to (x) in the MLB" will change</quote> Correct_Facts posted... </cite> <quote>So Jackie Robinson doesn't matter anymore?</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Simp 12/16/20 3:43:58 PM #22:	I thought the Negro League stats were pretty patchy and incomplete --- I'm a big stupid idiot. <cite>Simp posted [p:948411520] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>I thought the Negro League stats were pretty patchy and incomplete </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 12/16/20 3:48:59 PM #23:	SquirtleSkwad posted... I had no idea there was something titled "The Negro Leagues" in baseball. Not sure if serious. --- "If you know the why, you can live any how." - Nietzsche <cite>brestugo posted [p:948411711] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>SquirtleSkwad posted... </cite> <quote>I had no idea there was something titled "The Negro Leagues" in baseball.</quote>Not sure if serious. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SquirtleSkwad 12/16/20 3:50:26 PM #24:	brestugo posted... Not sure if serious. I don't follow baseball. --- "If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough."-Albert Einstein <cite>SquirtleSkwad posted [p:948411771] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>Not sure if serious.</quote>I don't follow baseball. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 12/16/20 3:50:31 PM #25:	Simp posted... I thought the Negro League stats were pretty patchy and incomplete Sometimes. Some stats geeks at Elias have been poring over old columns and standardizing things over the past 30-40 years though. --- "If you know the why, you can live any how." - Nietzsche <cite>brestugo posted [p:948411775] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Simp posted... </cite> <quote>I thought the Negro League stats were pretty patchy and incomplete</quote>Sometimes. Some stats geeks at Elias have been poring over old columns and standardizing things over the past 30-40 years though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagr_68 12/16/20 3:51:12 PM #26:	Any records being shattered besides Josh Gibson's HR total? --- New York Rangers [2004-2008] https://media.giphy.com/media/WvQHBYW0q4TuxdAg61/giphy.gif https://psnprofiles.com/Jaromiroquai68 <cite>Jagr_68 posted [p:948411798] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Any records being shattered besides Josh Gibson's HR total? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Simp 12/16/20 3:52:15 PM #27:	brestugo posted... Sometimes. Some stats geeks at Elias have been poring over old columns and standardizing things over the past 30-40 years though. yeah, I've noticed the baseball-reference win probability section has gradually been going back further and further, back to 1916 now these stat dudes are heroes --- I'm a big stupid idiot. <cite>Simp posted [p:948411841] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>Sometimes. Some stats geeks at Elias have been poring over old columns and standardizing things over the past 30-40 years though.</quote>yeah, I've noticed the baseball-reference win probability section has gradually been going back further and further, back to 1916 now these stat dudes are heroes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 12/16/20 3:58:12 PM #28:	Simp posted... yeah, I've noticed the baseball-reference win probability section has gradually been going back further and further, back to 1916 now these stat dudes are heroes Yeah I read an article about 10 years ago about one of the guys doing Negro League stats. He was retired from whatever but got up M-F and went to the library to look at microfiches of old Negro League games from Black newspapers of the era. Truly a labor of love. --- "If you know the why, you can live any how." - Nietzsche <cite>brestugo posted [p:948412058] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Simp posted... </cite> <quote>yeah, I've noticed the baseball-reference win probability section has gradually been going back further and further, back to 1916 now these stat dudes are heroes</quote>Yeah I read an article about 10 years ago about one of the guys doing Negro League stats. He was retired from whatever but got up M-F and went to the library to look at microfiches of old Negro League games from Black newspapers of the era. Truly a labor of love. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PepsiWithCoke 12/16/20 4:02:05 PM #29:	Jagr_68 posted... Any records being shattered besides Josh Gibson's HR total? Gibson only had 113 confirmed HR's in Negro League games. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gibson002jos --- https://imgur.com/fEKRafh https://imgur.com/hgwNfD8 https://imgur.com/cgQKJhR https://imgur.com/0CU0ivF <cite>PepsiWithCoke posted [p:948412184] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Jagr_68 posted... </cite> <quote>Any records being shattered besides Josh Gibson's HR total?</quote>Gibson only had 113 confirmed HR's in Negro League games. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gibson002jos </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DipDipDiver 12/16/20 4:04:12 PM #30:	Correct_Facts posted... Well he's been long known as the first African-american professional baseball player but now he isn't anymore. What he did was still significant and people who study the history of the game will understand why. It's not like this erases the very existence of the Negro Leagues <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:948412256] in MLB is off... [t:79179759]...</cite> <quote>Correct_Facts posted... </cite> <quote>Well he's been long known as the first African-american professional baseball player but now he isn't anymore.</quote>What he did was still significant and people who study the history of the game will understand why. It's not like this erases the very existence of the Negro Leagues </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > MLB is officially elevating the Negro Leagues stats to 'Major League' status.