Why The Negro Leagues Still Matter From: The Tennessee Tribune | Date: June 2, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

McClean, Tony
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
06-02-2005
"In an alternate universe, this is the man -- not Babe Ruth -- whose short,
compact swing produces the longest, and most home runs. He would be the
charismatic figure that would first reach 500, 600, and 700 career home
runs. Playing in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s, he never got the chance to
play Major League Baseball. The home-run record for a catcher in the major
leagues was only 209 until the mid-1950s. Gibson would have had two or
three times that amount."

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