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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Fully realized Negro Leagues would be difficult, at least at the league level, due to the paucity of thorough historical sources. If I recall correctly there were sometimes disputes even as the leagues operated as to whether a given club won the half of a split season due to the often wildly different schedules clubs played. League games seemed to get dropped often in favour of more financially rewarding exhibition games.
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That's putting it mildly. The Negro Leagues were a disaster in terms of organization and statistics. I've been trying to piece together schedules for the Negro Leagues and it's a nightmare. The teams definitely treated league games as a distraction from more lucrative barnstorming.