Now first off baseball will not put a asterisk on any of Barry Bond's records because it would mean putting asterisk all over the steroid era.
But if baseball wants to start putting asterisk on records it might want to start with the pre black era. Due to segregation the best players whether they were black or white did not play against each other. If many black players had been allowed in sooner Babe Ruth would not be the home run champ and Bary Bonds would still have a long way to go as Josh Gibson hit 962 home runs. Even the single season wins by a pitcher record would change as would many other records if black players were allowed in.
So maybe baseball just might want to leave the whole asterisk thing alone. Read a great article on this by DeWayne Wickham USA Today by clicking the link below:
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glc3: great blog post!!! I haven't read Wickham's story yet but I will. This is a great view that too many people don't care to or are afraid to acknowledge. Based on this blog post, I suggest you read William C. Rhoden's Forty Million Dollar Slaves. The book spends a good amount of pages talking about the negro league and how much of American sports media in those days ignored it and the accomplishments of the players.
Thanks for the fresh and realistic perspective on the whole asterisk deal.
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good point
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unfortunately, race relations are such a mess that they could end up bringing the whole country down (sorry)
200motels
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Good blog. I will have to read the article. I hadn't thought of it like that.
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I liked it a lot. Although I don't much about it, yet , I'm looking forward to get more in future.
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