MLB stars say it`s time to pull Landis name off MVP plaques
(WorldNews Mexico)

................................................................ 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 historian John Thorn said. This much is true, in black and white: No Blacks played in the majors during his quarter-century tenure. Jackie Robinson broke the barrier in April 1947, about 2 1/2 years after Landis died. “Landis is a part of history, even though it was a dark history,” Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said. Fact is, few fans realize Landis’ name is plastered all over the Most...