Nonetheless, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, hastily hired as baseball’s first commissioner, declared them ineligible for life.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of Major League Baseball, threw out the first pitch in front of approximately 12,000 fans. It wasn’t renamed Robin Roberts Stadium until 1977 before ...

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of Major League Baseball, threw out the first pitch in front of approximately 12,000 fans. It wasn’t renamed Robin Roberts Stadium until 1977 before ...

But the next day, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis declared, “regardless of the verdict of juries,” no players who throw a game or listen to a proposal to throw a game “will ever play ...

But the next day, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis declared, “regardless of the verdict of juries,” no players who throw a game or listen to a proposal to throw a game “will ever play ...

In March 1921, Paulette was banned indefinitely by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for allegedly accepting a loan from Elmer Farrar of St. Louis that was tied to a gambling scheme.

Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, and many others had their permanent bans lifted by commissioner Rob Manfred, but there are still some people who permanently banned by the league.

March 24, 1921 — Paulette was banned indefinitely by Landis for allegedly accepting a loan from Elmer Farrar of St. Louis that was tied to a gambling scheme.

March 24, 1921 — Paulette was banned indefinitely by Landis for allegedly accepting a loan from Elmer Farrar of St. Louis that was tied to a gambling scheme. Paulette never was reinstated.