tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post2818601930610087933..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Official Major League Records Will Include 29 Seasons Of Negro League Stats (1920-48)allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-68426965044602407042021-01-09T12:55:42.643-08:002021-01-09T12:55:42.643-08:00Got to this story rather late - just saw the inter...Got to this story rather late - just saw the interview on PBS Newshour from back in December<br /><br />The Stats are never ever complete or accurate - just as close as we can get & we still argue about things in this year, decade & century !<br /><br />I have no problem with "adjusting" a pile of stats - so be it, if that is the small price of greater recognition for an era that was shameful in lots of respects.<br /><br />Not enough can be said about what some of those players were put through, when all they wanted to do was go out & play.<br /><br />A simple childhood dream turned into a racial nightmare - like the rest of their lives & it is of course, vastly ironic, that in 2020, a Century on, how much has really changed ?Paul Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144667244809443144noreply@blogger.com