The St. Louis Cardinals made ten errors. Millions cheered anyway.For ... Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, promised that baseball will go on while 18 men are left to play. ...

Hired in 1920 as the sport’s first commissioner to help clean up rampant gambling, Landis and his legacy are “always a complicated story” that includes “documented racism,” official MLB ...

Because voting writers believe he prolonged baseball's ban on black players, the name Kenesaw Mountain Landis has been removed from MVP awards. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

FILE - 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.

NEW YORK -- Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his Most Valuable Player award. The other name engraved on the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain Landis. "Why is it on there?" said Larkin, the Black ...

Landis served as the MLB head figure from 1920 until his death in 1944.

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.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name to be removed from MLB MVP awards The former commissioner's name has been on the trophies since 1944. By Dayn Perry. Oct 2, 2020 at ...

The name of the former baseball commissioner who never had a Black player in the majors during his long reign is being pulled off all future MVP plaques after more than 75 years. Kenesaw Mountain ...

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 ...

FILE - 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 ...

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted to remove former commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name from MLB’s MVP awards, it was announced Friday. Landis was the league’s ...