Exactly. Oscar Charleston played professional level baseball. He got some hits and stole some bases and made some outs. Researchers have now compiled an accurate record of most of those things. No one can pretend it did not happen. To try to pretend it did not happen is typical Liberal logic.
Exactly. Oscar Charleston played professional level baseball. He got some hits and stole some bases and made some outs. Researchers have now compiled an accurate record of most of those things. No one can pretend it did not happen. To try to pretend it did not happen is typical Liberal logic.
Wrong. I never knew it was a problem. Because I never knew stats from other leagues were included until now. Something that happened 50 years ago must have slipped through the cracks of my awareness.
If you would do a better job with your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills, you would have picked up on that.
In the 1960s, women were not allowed to run the Boston Marathon. Yet Kathrine Switzer did run it. In the 1930s, black athletes were not allowed to play in Major League Baseball, but they did play professional baseball in other leagues. The stats that did happen are now recorded at some place, such as seamheads. Those places may now expand to also include mlb.com or baseball-reference. Just as they include stats from other professional leagues that were not MLB.
The issue is not that it happened 50 years ago. The issue is that it happened 50 years ago and has been ongoing every since. If you had such minimal awareness of baseball history and the history of its record keeping before this week, it seems silly to get so emotional and argumentative about it now.
Tommy Boy, let me be brutally honest with you.
The true issue is, anyone that uses the combination of government assistance and eating hot dogs to pay his bills every month, just really isn't as bright as he thinks he is. And/or never really reached his true potential in life.
Over here on the other hand, I have a PHD. In LOVE. I'm on top of the world in my profession.
So check yo self befo ya rickety reck yo self. You are out of your league.
Here some history of baseball stats, as far as I can tell. If I am wrong in any of this, someone can correct me. In 1968, The Baseball Encyclopedia decided to include some leagues other than MLB in their published records. First edition then came out in 1969. Many of us were not alive then. But none of us ever voiced any issues or problems with it.
In 1989, some people had disagreements with the accuracy of The Baseball Encyclopedia and made Total Baseball. This book also contained stats from several leagues along side MLB stats. Those of us who were alive then never expressed any problem with it.
In the 1990s mlb.com put statistical records online, mostly just copying from those other places. They included stats from leagues other than MLB. This information has been easily available to all of us for 25 years and none of us said anything about it
Baseball-reference started in the early 2000s and has since become the most recognized compilation of baseball stats, following the same practice that the others did. We were alive then, many of us were even betting on sports online. None of us ever questioned this decision. As we looked around and studied the history of the sport and the statistical records, none of us questioned the inclusion of these leagues other than MLB.
Now this week, in 2020, some people have decided to become emotional about the fact that mlb.com and baseball-reference has Benny Kauff listed with a .370 batting average in 1914. It is fascinating and a little hilarious how something like that can suddenly be so upsetting to all the retarded Liberals.
If you didn't have such a minimal awareness of where you are right now, you would know that this is a FORUM. The main reason for the existence of a forum is to let people share their opinions and views on a variety of different subjects. In the case of this one, sports and gambling (and now politics) opinions get shared.
And pointing out the fact that something is dumb or retarded, is not being emotional. It's just being honest and real.
Oh give me a break. A little poking fun of the other is all in good fun. Tom is good at eating hot dogs. That's actually true. And nothing to be ashamed of.
He's the one that comes into multiple threads with his condescending, superiority act. If he doesn't like getting poked back, maybe he should give his stupid bit a rest.
Maybe I shouldn't have said personal insult. I should have said lies, because this is a great illustration of how you have no sense of honesty and your words are lies.
The eating was a good source of income (but not a plurality) up until about 2016 (about $75,000 in career earnings, only a small amount from hot dogs). No government assistance. Is that just be you projecting your own issues on to others? You were the one who chose to be in academia for over a decade, right?
Because everyone from politicians, media, celebrities, athletes, professors, doctors, lawyers, activist and all other walks of everyday people act childish and throw insults. Its the only only way to debate or hold conversation these days. Plus facts are triggers for people these days and the reason we need safe spaces.
