In recent years MLB and groups associated with it have been making more of an effort to remember the history of the Negro Leagues. In December of 2020 MLB finally announced they were going to recognize the Negro Leagues players as equal to MLB players and include their numbers and records among the official marks. In January 2021 Baseball-Reference showed up with some numbers from seven Negro Leagues plus a wide variety of independent clubs. Then, this year, 2K Sports announced that their annual entry in the MLB: The Show series would include a mode called Storylines which would explore the stories of eight Negro Leagues players.