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Old 05-30-2024, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Snakster66 View Post
Negro Leagues were designated as "major leagues" in 2020. So why wouldn't the stats count at that point? MLB and Elias have spent the last four years researching and validating stats.

Major Leagues (and associated stats) is not just National League and American League. There's also:

Federal League
American Association
Players League
Union Association
National Association

The stats count as official MLB stats for those leagues as well. Long live the Newark Pepper and Fort Wayne Kekiongas!
Somehow I don't have a problem with the concept. Remember, "TOWARD a more perfect Union". Maybe we are just taking an incremental leap forward.