One week ago, Major League Baseball announced it would reverse a 1969 decision and officially designate the Negro Leagues as “Major Leagues” for the purposes of statistics and record-keeping.
The decision is long overdue. We know the caliber of play in the Negro Leagues was on-par or even above the American and National Leagues. The success of black players once they were allowed to compete against white players, coupled with the extensive records from exhibition games between white and black teams, makes this indisputable.
In the wake of this official decision, the St.