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Bob Kendrick on MLB’s Official Recognition of the Negro Leagues. Plus: The Free Agents You Already Forgot About.

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George Springer, Trevor Bauer, and DJ LeMahieu are on the top of everyone’s minds as the baseball offseason continues. But what about Andrelton Simmons, Joc Pederson, Didi Gregorius, and other more-forgotten free agents (30:00)? Plus, we talk to the inimitable Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, about the news that MLB would be formally recognizing the statistics of the seven leagues collectively known as the Negro Leagues (10:00). 

Hosts: Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman

Guest: Bob Kendrick

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