EPISODE · Jul 30, 2021 · 12 MIN
The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues: The Baseball Reference project
from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy
The great baseball statistics website Baseball Reference has been a go to resource for fans for years. Recently, the site expanded its coverage of the Negro Leagues, putting the leagues from the 20s, 30s and 40s on equal footing as the National and American leagues as major leagues. Sean Forman, President of Sports Reference, LLC is on the podcast to talk about the work that went into tracking down the statistics, the stories he discovered, and the response to the project since it launched.Check out the site and read more about the project here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/negro-leagues-are-major-leagues.shtml
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The great baseball statistics website Baseball Reference has been a go to resource for fans for years. Recently, the site expanded its coverage of the Negro Leagues, putting the leagues from the 20s, 30s and 40s on equal footing as the National and American leagues as major leagues. Sean Forman, President of Sports Reference, LLC is on the podcast to talk about the work that went into tracking down the statistics, the stories he discovered, and the response to the project since it launched.Check out the site and read more about the project here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/negro-leagues-are-major-leagues.shtml
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