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MLB posts 1941 box score: Red Sox 6, Black Yankees 5
Original: MLB Gameday: Red Sox 6, Black Yankees 5 Final Score (09/14/1941)
MLB's Gameday section carries a final score from September 14, 1941, listing the Boston Red Sox beating the Black Yankees 6-5. The result, more than eight decades old, features the Black Yankees, a famed Negro leagues team, playing against an American League club. The listing of such a historic matchup alongside modern scores has drawn attention to how MLB is incorporating Negro leagues history into its records.
Why now: MLB appears to be surfacing historic Negro leagues-era box scores, prompting interest in how the league integrates that history into its official records
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