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My neighbor’s son pitches for the Blue Jays and they are not sure where and when they are going to play as of yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the day they were supposed to report to Toronto but their families couldn’t go with them. In the span of 10 minutes the Canadian government changed their mind. Trent is now driving down to the Clearwater area for Spring Training. He is not sure where they will play if the government up there doesn’t let them cross the border.
 
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MLB MVPs say time to pull Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name off plaques

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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 shortstop voted National League MVP in 1995 with the Cincinnati Reds.

"I was always aware of his name and what that meant to slowing the color line in Major League Baseball, of the racial injustice and inequality that Black players had to go through," the Hall of Famer said this week.

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, about the son of a Union Army doctor wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia during the Civil War: No Blacks played in the majors during his quarter-century tenure; Jackie Robinson broke the barrier in April 1947, about 2 ½ 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 Valuable Player trophies. Most people just call it the MVP.

But there it is, prominently displayed on every American League and NL MVP plaque since 1944 -- Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, in shiny, gold letters literally twice as big as those of the winner.

With a sizable imprint of Landis' face, too.

To some MVPs, it's time for that 75-year run to end.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29387969/mvps-say-pull-landis-name-plaques
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"Negroes are not barred from organized baseball by the commissioner and never have been in the 21 years I have served. There is no rule in organized baseball prohibiting their participation and never has been to my knowledge. If Durocher, or if any other manager, or all of them, want to sign one, or twenty-five Negro players, it is all right with me. That is the business of the managers and the club owners. The business of the commissioner is to interpret the rules of baseball, and to enforce them." KM Landis

Was Landis lying? One historian will tell you yes while another tells you no. Landis does appear to have been an asshole who liked to abuse his authority, at minimum.

So if we are going to change it then let's honor another barrier-breaker, who faced his own share of abuse, who won the NL MVP award: Roberto Clemente.
 
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My neighbor’s son pitches for the Blue Jays and they are not sure where and when they are going to play as of yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the day they were supposed to report to Toronto but their families couldn’t go with them. In the span of 10 minutes the Canadian government changed their mind. Trent is now driving down to the Clearwater area for Spring Training. He is not sure where they will play if the government up there doesn’t let them cross the border.
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Pretty sure I read Shapiro said Jays will play home games in Buffalo if Toronto is unavailable and they will start Summer Training at their Florida site. But, if Toronto is timely opened for them during Summer Training the Jays will charter a plane and fly players and staff north to complete training.
 
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MLB and The James will work together to create a series of branded public service announcements “to inform the public about cancer risk, screening and treatment advances.” The James will become the presenting sponsor of “MLB Comebacks,” a “must-see 360˚ highlight franchise that will spotlight the League’s come-from-behind wins throughout the season,” and “will also develop plans for on-site cancer screenings and educational initiatives beginning in 2021 at key MLB events such as the MLB All-Star Game and World Series.”

“As a nationally ranked cancer hospital for more than two decades and the third-largest cancer hospital in the United States, we are excited to work with Major League Baseball to share our expertise in cancer prevention, detection and treatment,” William Farrar, the CEO of The James Cancer Hospital, said in a statement. “At The James, no cancer is routine, and we are committed to providing individualized patient-centered care to each of our patients in our pursuit of a cancer-free world.”

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