Righting a wrong: MLB elevates Negro Leagues

MLB announced it is "correcting a longtime oversight" by reclassifying the Negro Leagues, which ran from 1920-48, as a "Major League." – Angie [MORNING BARK](mb_header_main?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20201217) Sports. And then some. 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