Baseball Commissioner Writes to Roosevelt, asks if they should keep on playing On January 14, 1942, five weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Baseball Commission Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He told Roosevelt that under normal circumstances, the teams would soon be going South to start Spring Training. Of course these were … [Read more...] about 5 Weeks After Pearl Harbor FDR Tells Baseball Commish, “Play Ball” January 14, 1942