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Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his most valuable-p\layer award. The other name engraved on the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain Landis. “Why is it on there?” said Larkin, the Black ...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis became Major League Baseball commissioner without stepping down from the bench, leading to a congressional impeachment effort and an American Bar Association censure.
Former baseball MVPs say its time to remove Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name from awards Hired in 1920 as the sport’s first commissioner to help clean up rampant gambling, Landis and his legacy ...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name should be removed from Major League Baseball's American and National League MVP awards, a group of House Democrats said Tuesday. Reps. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif ...
In this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo,a Joe DiMaggio 1947 MVP Award Plaque is displayed at a news conference in New York. The plaque features the name and image of Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
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Former MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis "notably failed to integrate the game during his tenure," the BBWAA said in stripping his name off the MVP awards.
In this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo,a Joe DiMaggio 1947 MVP Award Plaque is displayed at a news conference in New York. The plaque features the name and image of Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
In this Oct. 1, 1941, file photo, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner, throws out the first ball, formally opening the 1941 World Series featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York ...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name is on the AL and NL MVP awards. MLB via Getty Images. But there it is, prominently displayed on every American League and NL MVP plaque since 1944 — Kenesaw ...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (left) throws out the first ball at the 1941 World Series with N.Y.C. mayor Fiorello La Guardia by his side. Landis' name is still on the AL and NL MVP awards.
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