THE LEAGUES WERE IN THE SPOTLIGHT BACK IN MAY WHEN PLAYER STATISTICS WERE OFFICIALLY MERGED WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S RECORD BOOKS AND THE HISTORIC BLACK LEAD IS ONCE AGAIN BEING FEATURED THIS TIME IN AN EXHIBIT AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS MUSEUM IN CHICAGO.

THE EXHIBIT SHOWCASES A SERIES OF COINS THAT WERE MADE BY THE U.S. MEANT TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE LEAGUE.

WE STOPPED BY AND SPOKE WITH A BLACK BASEBALL HISTORIAN.

WALK US THROUGH THE EXHIBIT.

THE LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WENT INTO NOT ONLY SECURING THESE OBJECTS, WHICH I CERTAINLY FOUND FASCINATING AND LOOKING AT THEM FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY MAKE NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO, BUT ALSO BASEBALL IN GENERAL.

WHAT THEY SYMBOLIZE FOR ME IS THE ROLE OF RECOGNITION THAT IT'S GIVEN TO PLAY BASEBALL IN THE COMMEMORATION OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MORE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS US TO PEER INTO THE LIFE OF BLACK BASEBALL AS WAS PLAYED IN THE CITY CHICAGO ANDREW FOSTER WAS CERTAINLY CONSIDERED THE WITH THE COURT ESPECIALLY FASCINATED WITH IS THE ONE WITH THE BUS ON CERTAINLY A TRIBUTE TO THE MOBILITY, FLEXIBILITY AND COMFORT THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR BLACK BASEBALL TEAMS AT A TIME WHEN JUMP ROLES RATHER RAMPANT.

IT APPEARS THERE BEEN A COINCIDENCE THAT THIS EXHIBIT WAS LAUNCHED AT THIS TIME, DEFINITELY PARALLELS.

AND IN THE 6 WITH THE INTEGRATION OF LEAGUE BASEBALL STATISTICS INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STATISTICS IT'S A HUGE MOMENT, CERTAINLY.

AND THERE'VE BEEN BASEBALL HISTORIAN, CERTAINLY BEFORE ME FOR DECADES.

THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND IT'S FINALLY COME FRUITION AND