Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records

FILE – In this Aug. 2, 1942, file photo, Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York’s Yankee Stadium before a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars. (Matty Zimmerman/AP)

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