I first met Bill Veeck early in the 1979 baseball season. He was the owner of the Chicago White Sox. I was in Chicago’s old ...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated Pete Rose and the players involved in the Chicago Black Sox scandal. That ...

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It is Kenesaw Mountain. It is said that in the days when the Cherokees inhabited these lands, an Indian chief named KENESAW, was accidentally killed on that mountain, and hence the name.

The game is manifestly better thanks to him, and now he’s taking the next big step in proposing an automated challenge system for balls-and-strikes calls.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Nov. 12, 1920 to Nov. 25, 1944. Happy Chandler, April 24, 1945 to July 15, 1951. Ford Frick, Sept. 20, 1951 to Nov. 16, 1965.

1 of 6 | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, assumes his characteristic pose for the cameramen as he takes in the 1937 All-Star game in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 1937.

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.

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.

1920: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is hired as the first commissioner of baseball. 1950: Gene Roberts of the New York Giants rushes for 218 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Cardinals ...