By Davis Carlton
Major League Baseball (MLB) has decided to grant the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948 the status of official “major leagues.” This might not seem like a particularly noteworthy decision, but it means that MLB has decided to include statistics from the former Negro League in compiling official major league records. This decision is being touted as a long overdue correction of the historic injustice that was segregation. During the time period under consideration, black baseball players were only allowed to play in segregated Negro Leagues. Now statistics and records from the days of the Negro Leagues will be considered on a par with other MLB statistics. As a baseball fan and a stats geek I believe that this is a mistake and I’ll explain why.