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Originally Posted by Cool Papa Bell
Roy Campanella won the MVP award in '51, '53 and '55. He was a great player. He came out of the Negro Leagues, played as well in Mexico and Venezuela. Only 31 players have won the MVP award more than once. He would have been no higher than third maybe as far back as fifth on the list of all-time best Negro League Catchers. Someone please explain how he won those 3 MVP Awards, coming out of an allegedly second rate, not major and only major because people are woke now league. Were they woke in the 50's? Hardly. Yet former Negro League players won 9 MVP awards and 6 Rookie of the Year Awards in a 10 year period including a player who was the first ever to win MVP & Cy Young in the same season and who also for 60 years was the only pitcher to win MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in his career. Those are facts. Yet we are supposed to believe they just spang out of the earth to change the game. No one can explain that without resorting to nonsense like woke this and bully pulpit that.
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It's not a major league if it lacks the basic standards of organization of a major league. For example - teams are handed down a schedule and are to follow it strictly, unless it rains. Then they have to play two tomorrow. At the end of the year, they have all played X number of games (except for the odd rainout that's not made up because it would not matter). That was the standard of organization in the 1920s-1940s. Anything less is not acceptable.
Oh, and games against non-professional teams don't count for standings or stats. You know, the basics. Or maybe you don't know the basics.
Honest answer please: if the Yankees today went on a California college tour in November and Judge and Stanton each hit 15 dingers against what's probably single-A level pitching, and MLB decreed, yup, those go onto your official career totals - would that feel right to you?
Yes? How about a 17-year-old high school junior wearing braces in the middle of Alabama?