The Negro League revolutionized baseball – MLB’s new rules are part of its legacy
Kansas City Monarchs pitching great Satchel Paige warms up at New York's Yankee Stadium Aug. 2, 1942 for a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars. Matty Zimmerman/AP This season, the MLB instituted new rules designed to make baseball games shorter and more exciting. According to filmmaker Sam Pollard, some of these changes hearken back to an earlier period in baseball history: The Negro National League. While sluggers like Babe Ruth dominated MLB, the Negro […]
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