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Late last year, Major League Baseball announced its intention to declare several Negro Leagues as official big leagues.
Last week, a committee of the Society for American Baseball Research recommended that 7 leagues be recognized: the Negro National League I (1920-31), Negro National League II (1933-48), Negro American League (1937-48), Eastern Colored League (1923-28), American Negro League (1929), East-West League (1932) and Negro Southern League (1932).
MLB also said it would incorporate team and player statistics from the Negro Leagues into the existing records, which include data from the American and National leagues, American Association (1882-91), Union Association (1884), Players League (1890) and Federal League (1914-15).
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Burke named Penguins president of hockey operations, Hextall GM
Hired less than two weeks after Rutherford resigned because of personal reasons by Wes Crosby / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
Brian Burke was named president of hockey operations, and Ron Hextall was named general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
The hires come less than two weeks after Jim Rutherford resigned as general manager Jan. 27 because of personal reasons. The Penguins made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of Rutherford s six seasons and won the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017. With these two guys, we have two of the greatest minds in hockey, Penguins president and CEO David Morehouse said. Two of the most respected people in hockey. It carries on a tradition of the Penguins that goes back to when we had Badger Bob [Johnson], Scotty Bowman and Jim Rutherford on