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To: lavrenti
There were two Negro League teams playing on a ML level in the 1940s (KC Monarchs, Homestead Grays).

Which is, of course, two more than are playing at the major league level in the Japanese Leagues today... that is, if we buy that premise which I do not necessarily buy. Robinson and every other player who had been a solid veteran player in the Negro Leagues made a seamless move into the major leagues. Think of Satchell Paige, Monte Irvin, Larry Doby, Robinson himself. By the 1950's the Negro Leagues were not much more than a minor league.

There have been many longtime Negro League players who are among the best at their positions in the history of the game. I speak, most significantly, of Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Paige (see above)..... and yet, there was no controversy about who the ROY should be at that time.

342 posted on 10/21/2003 9:31:10 PM PDT by GmbyMan (everythingpolitics.blogspot.com)
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To: GmbyMan
Willie Wells. The best second baseman ever.
346 posted on 10/21/2003 9:31:58 PM PDT by lavrenti (Sad songs are about those loved and lost, never about career changes.)
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To: GmbyMan
BTW, congrats to the Yanks tonight. As a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan, I am torturing myself by watching a game that I know should be being played in Wrigley Field..... :-(

Gmby
347 posted on 10/21/2003 9:32:44 PM PDT by GmbyMan (everythingpolitics.blogspot.com)
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