MLB Includes Negro Leagues | Millennials' Financial Crises

By Steve Kraske,

Chris Young, Danie Alexander, Mackenzie Martin

Published December 21, 2020 at 3:32 PM CST

The Kansas City Monarchs — Some players from the Kansas City Monarchs (pictured above in 1921) are among the more than 3,400 players now recognized by MLB as major leaguers.

Major League Baseball will now incorporate the statistics of the Negro Baseball Leagues' players into the sport's official records, and the Smart Money Experts on why the Millennial generation deserves a break.

Segment 1, beginning at 4:12: MLB decision recognizes seven Negro leagues

Major League Baseball's inclusion of Negro leagues' players and their achievements is a step in the right direction. What was behind the decision that the MLB called "an oversight" and does it paint the full picture of the Negro Leagues?

Phil Dixon, historian, author and co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Segment 2, beginning at 33:04: Financial advice for Millennials as they deal with yet another economic downturn.

Among Millennials 66% have nothing saved for retirement, even though early in life is the best time to save. But this is the generation that saw the dot-com bubble burst, the 2008 financial crisis and now the economic shutdown caused by the pandemic. For a group that has weathered so much early in their working lives, what's a Millennial to do to have something to show for their labor?

Jamie Bosse, lead financial planner with Aspyre Wealth Partners
Nolan Keim, associate wealth adviser for Mariner Wealth Advisors

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Steve Kraske

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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Chris Young

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Danie Alexander

As senior producer of Up To Date, I want our listeners to hear familiar and new voices that shine light on the issues and challenges facing the myriad communities KCUR serves, and to expose our audiences to the wonderful and the creative in the Kansas City area. Just as important to me is an obligation to mentor the next generation of producers to ensure that the important conversations continue. Reach me at alexanderdk@kcur.org.

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Mackenzie Martin

Whether it’s something happening right now or something that happened 100 years ago, some stories don’t fit in the short few minutes of a newscast. As a podcast producer and reporter at KCUR Studios, I help investigate questions and local curiosities in a way that brings listeners along for adventures with plot twists and thought-provoking ideas. Sometimes there isn’t an easy answer in the end – but my hope is that we all leave with a greater understanding of the city we live in. Reach me at mackenzie@kcur.org.

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