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.

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 ...

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. ...

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.

The name of Landis, whose powerful reign as the first commissioner of the sport came about in large measure because of the Black Sox scandal, has adorned the plaques since 1944, the year of his death.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Baseball Writers Association of America voted to remove former MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis's name from the American and National League MVP Awards. A total of 313 votes were cast ...