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RMc · 12-12-2019, 09:22 AM

Interesting concept.

Thanks. I only learned about Landis' trip to Virginia just recently, in a book called "Death at the Ballpark", a fascinating (if morbid) listing of people who died playing or attending baseball games. The storm in Portsmouth described really did happen, and two people were killed, with scores injured.

You know, it's been said that Landis' appointment as commish was the best thing to happen to baseball -- and so was his death in 1944. (For one thing, he was unalterably opposed to integration, although he was hardly alone in that.) So, I thought, "what if Landis died in 1927? Who would take over baseball, and what would the game look like?"

Well, it would look like this...

12-12-2019, 09:22 AM	#3
RMc All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,637	Interesting concept. Thanks. I only learned about Landis' trip to Virginia just recently, in a book called "Death at the Ballpark", a fascinating (if morbid) listing of people who died playing or attending baseball games. The storm in Portsmouth described really did happen, and two people were killed, with scores injured. You know, it's been said that Landis' appointment as commish was the best thing to happen to baseball -- and so was his death in 1944. (For one thing, he was unalterably opposed to integration, although he was hardly alone in that.) So, I thought, "what if Landis died in 1927? Who would take over baseball, and what would the game look like?" Well, it would look like this... __________________ "We're all behind our baseball team..." Last edited by RMc; 12-12-2019 at 10:34 AM.