This day in baseball: Commissioner Landis dies

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis died on November 25, 1944 at Chicago’s St. Luke’s Hospital, just five days after his 78th birthday. Two weeks after his death, Landis was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special committee vote. This made him just the second person to have the five-year waiting period waived, after Lou Gehrig. 

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 1921 (public domain / National Baseball Hall of Fame)

Quote of the day

[H]e’s like a mythical character to me, because it’s such a long time ago and he was God to baseball. I shouldn’t be compared to him, at least not right now.

~Shohei Ohtani on Babe Ruth

WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 24, 2024 — Shohei Ohtani at bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers during a game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Joe Glorioso/All-Pro Reels for Washington Times Sports/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license)