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Setting the Record Straight
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MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League' : NPR
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Negro Leagues recognized by MLB as a 'Major League,' with its
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MLB Includes Negro Leagues, Millennials' Financial Crises
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MLB adds Negro Leagues players, statistics to official records
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Former Negro Leagues player says MLB recognition confirms what
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MLB officially recognizes the Negro Leagues as Major League
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The Negro leagues are major league, but MLB can't claim them
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MLB is officially recognizing the Negro Leagues as major leagues
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Negro Leagues given Major League status for baseball records, stats
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MLB elevating the status of Negro Leagues is the problem, not the
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Baseball Rights a Wrong by Adding Negro Leagues to Official