Baseball is my favorite sport and at one point my goal was to make it to the majors (Obviously didn’t happen), and I love the history. One of my dream jobs would be a baseball historian. I’ve heard arguments for and against doing this but considering the time we live in I don’t see any other reason for doing this than the usual pandering. The best Negro League stars who didn’t play in the majors have been recognized with Hall of Fame inductions. The stats are there to see, but now they just want to say Josh Gibson holds most records now. I wish Gibson could’ve played with MLB players but it didn’t happen. The argument for this move that I hear is that the leagues prior to MLB are included but do we add home runs to Hank Aaron’s records? What about the MLB players who barnstormed against negro leaguers?
Baseball is my favorite sport and at one point my goal was to make it to the majors (Obviously didn’t happen), and I love the history. One of my dream jobs would be a baseball historian. I’ve heard arguments for and against doing this but considering the time we live in I don’t see any other reason for doing this than the usual pandering. The best Negro League stars who didn’t play in the majors have been recognized with Hall of Fame inductions. The stats are there to see, but now they just want to say Josh Gibson holds most records now. I wish Gibson could’ve played with MLB players but it didn’t happen. The argument for this move that I hear is that the leagues prior to MLB are included but do we add home runs to Hank Aaron’s records? What about the MLB players who barnstormed against negro leaguers?
Exactly.
It’s all just a flex to rewrite history and snatch some bonus DEI cash as well