![]() ![]() Some of baseball’s sacred numbers will be eclipsed. That alone will be a Herculean task, one requiring the review of original documents underlying the database and myriad judgment calls regarding how to account for incomplete or conflicting information. The next phase would be for Elias Sports Bureau, MLB’s official statistician, to verify the database and determine how to fold it into the league’s official record, a process that a league spokesperson said will include input from Negro League researchers and families. The league ended its protracted negotiation with Seamheads this spring and now intends to use Retrosheet’s nascent database - a work in progress that Retrosheet president Tom Thress said likely won’t be finished for at least five years - as the basis for its records. The league office was unable to reach an agreement with Seamheads Negro Leagues Database, the most complete set of Negro League statistics ever compiled, to use its data. More than two years after its announcement, MLB is still in the initial phase of the project: data acquisition. ![]() MLB’s plan to integrate Negro League numbers and statistical legacies with its own remains years from completion. “Now here we are in 2023,” he told The Athletic earlier this spring. Sean Gibson figured he’d hear an update on MLB’s progress in 2021. The desegregation of baseball’s record books would mean his great-grandfather, Josh Gibson, a legendary Negro Leaguer, a Baseball Hall of Famer, a prolific power hitter and a Black man who died at 35 three months before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, would soon be rightfully listed alongside all-time MLB greats in a handful of single-season and career hitting categories.īut how soon the statistics would be incorporated was not made clear. The straps are thick and don’t dig, it has an adjustable clasp back, there are comfortable Cups in it that you can’t see through a shirt, and it's a thick band giving so much support and lift.Gibson read MLB’s press release that morning in stunned silence. This has exceeded all of my expectations. I’m a 38 H and I have struggled for years to find the perfect bralette with no underwire that actually lifts me, gives me support, and covers the Nips. What reviewers say: “If I could give this bra 1,000,000 stars I would.Cons: Lacks separate cups which can a “uniboob” effect some reviewers say it's not great for wearing under summer tops because it's not super flattering. ![]()
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