Perhaps more than any other major sport, baseball prides itself on its statistics.

It's how the sport recognizes its all-time greats.

Those stats are now changing in a big way.

Major League Baseball announced today it will

officially incorporate statistics from the Negro leagues into its record books.

That means some of the greatest players from those leagues will now move into the

top 10 ranks in the record books.

The legendary hitter Josh Gibson, for example, will move to the top of several record lists.

We're joined now by Gibson's great-grandson, Sean Gibson, as part of our ongoing coverage of race matters.

Sean, welcome to the news hour.

Thanks for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

So your great-grandfather, Josh Gibson Gibson will now be recognized as having the highest

season batting average, the highest career batting average in all of Major League Baseball.

What's this moment like for you and for your family?

You know what, this is a great moment for our family.

It's not just for our family. It's for all the New belief family members as well because this is not just about Josh Gibson.

I mean, as you mentioned, Josh Gibson will be at several categories,

ranked number one, some at two and some at three.

But for us, it's more exciting too to also see some of the other great new belief

baseball players

be recognized as well.

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