Negro League star Turkey Stearnes now ranked in MLB historical record

Major League Baseball has now officially added the stats of Negro League players to its records. One of the players, Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, now ranks in the top 10 for three different hitting categories.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with his granddaughter, Vanessa Ivy Rose, about what this means for her family. She wrote a book about his life called “Hall of Fame DNA: The Legacy of Norman Turkey Stearnes” and hosted the ABC podcast “Reclaimed: The Forgotten League.”