Phillies huh, then I guess you don't follow professional baseball?   Just teasing, I actually like the Phillies, but I had to use that old joke. I am probably one of the few people on earth that enjoyed going to games at the Vet. I'm really looking forward to their new ballpark this year.

I agree with the principle behind your statements about the Negro League exclusion Mike, but I'm afraid I don't agree with adding the records into that of Major League Baseball or starting the records post 1947. As I said before, they would also need to add the Federal Leagues and the Mexican League as well, and they were all separate entities. Finding the true date when ALL of baseball was integrated is nearly impossible. At this point, the records are simply snapshots of the ballplayers who played in either the National League or the American League during it's history. The players who toiled in the Negro Leagues won't be forgotten any more than the white ballplayers of that era thanks to the work of dedicated fans, sportswriters and the Hall of Fame.

Please don't bring up Mo Vaughn or Roger Cedeno!!!!