| If people actually had the attention span to read his book and not just look at the rankings then there would be much less to complain about. As for the Negro Leagues players he includes, he is a statistician, so he understands that if he has 34 white players from 1890-1950 then it makes sense that there would be about 12 black players just as good. Most lists ignore them, which is a far greater tragedy. No less a baseball man than John McGraw once called Oscar Charleston the greatest player he'd ever seen and one long-time Cardinals scout said he was better than Ruth or Cobb. Also consider that five of the top 100 players played briefly in the Negro Leagues before the color line was crossed--Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks. If they all came from Negro Leagues, then you'd be stupid not to include other Negro Leagues players who never got a chance to play in the MLB. |
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