"Honoring" Jackie Robinson and the negro leagues

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It's getting really old seeing teams wearing some (often concocted) version of a negro league uniform. It's really a ploy to push more apparel.

If they were going to be substantive about this, they'd disavow MLBs history prior to integration. This would mean those .400 plus batting averages would no longer be in the record books. But maybe there's a reason it hasn't happened since integration.
 

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Sorry but I think it getting old honoring the whole thing every year.. civil rights game, etc..
If your gonna do for 1 race, might as well do for all
Latin American, Asians, etc..

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Sorry but I think it getting old honoring the whole thing every year.. civil rights game, etc..
If your gonna do for 1 race, might as well do for all
Latin American, Asians, etc..

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The Negro Leagues weren't restricted to Black players, Afro Latinos played in them frequently, especially Cuban players.
 

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I thought they were changing it to Mariano Rivera celebrations now?

I've not seen Jerseys but I used to see a guy on my bus route with a Negro league logos jacket with various teams that was impressive

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