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15 de jan. de 2018 · President Franklin Roosevelt, in a letter dated Jan. 15, 1942, called on MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to keep baseball going during World War II. The letter is now a part of the collection at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Born: November 20, 1866 in Millville, OH. Died: November 25, 1944 in Chicago, IL. School: Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer/Executive in 1944. (Voted by Old Timers Committee) Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1946. View Kenesaw Mountain Landis's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Since Kenesaw Mountain Landis was not known for his penmanship, his letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was transcribed by the White House staff on a typewriter before being placed on FDR’s desk. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)
5 de mar. de 2024 · Wikipedia Bio: "Kenesaw Mountain Landis; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for his handling of the Black Sox scandal, in which he expelled eight members of the Chicago White Sox from ...
Biography: Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and was the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944. His iron rule over the sport is credited with restoring public confidence in baseball after the Black Sox scandal in which he expelled 8 members of the Chicago White Sox for allegedly conspiring to lose the 1919 World Series.
26 de nov. de 2018 · The Babe was not happy, but he never crossed Landis again. Over the next 24 years, the judge did much to improve the game of baseball and restore its reputation. Players and fans loved him; those in authority, not surprisingly, did not. Kenesaw Mountain Landis served as Major League Baseball’s first commissioner until his death in 1944.
Baseball’s first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, preferred that the game take care of its business outside the courtroom. After the Black Sox players and gamblers were acquitted by the jury on August 2, 1921, in a verdict that surprised many observers, Landis showed he would rule the game with an iron fist by immediately banning the players from ever appearing in the major ...
