Satchel Paige vs. Babe Ruth Oct 29, 2009
Until this month, though, it was impossible to answer the question What if baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis hadn't been such a stubborn bigot. The great Negro League ballplayers, , were missing from Strat-O-Matic's card sets, just as they'd been missing from the major league rosters of Landis' day. (Slate)
Controversy aside, Hanley is the MVP Sep 4, 2009
However much mock sophistry esteemed professors can summon once a year on the subject of Jewish holiday foods, it's nothing compared to the quite real sophistry that baseball fans and pundits can summon when the subject of a plaque adorned with Kenesaw Mountain Landis' face comes up. You probably aren't really a fan if you've never seen someone turn bright red while bellowing "It's a most valuable player award!" at you, as if emphasizing the second word of the sentence were enough to prove that... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Fosse reluctantly weighs in on Rose report Jul 28, 2009
Jackson and his teammates were banned for life by then-Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. "That thing went to trial, and they were acquitted," Fosse said. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Hall worthy? That's the burning question Jun 18, 2009
Then we'll move on to Ban Johnson and Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Rogers Hornsby, while we're going on about well-known character flaws. Then we can move on to the Chemical Brothers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Kiss of the Cardinals: The 1928 Houston Buffs May 4, 2009
The St. Louis Cardinals were now the open owners of the local club after several years of controlling the franchise through a straw man ownership situation that wasn't offensive to Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. From early on, Landis opposed the right of major league clubs to own minor league teams - and he was well aware that a cigar-smoking Christian gentleman in St. Louis by the name of Branch Rickey was the originating fountainhead of the whole movement. (St. Louis, TheInsiders.com)
Going All-in: Baseball needs fixing ... now Apr 5, 2009
As baseball's first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, saw fit to bar members of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox from the game, even after they'd been found not guilty by the courts, so must Selig act. Immediately if not sooner. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Talking points Feb 23, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009. First published in print: Sunday, February 22, 2009. (Albany Times Union)
