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FDR urged baseball to keep playing for the morale of the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nra2Dd7-BEo It was 81 years ago that the Japanese attacked the United States; Pearl...

Robinson broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHXDwWf_zTM Major League Baseball is celebrating Jackie Robinson Day, the 74th anniversary of Robinson making his debut with the...

Sports has made a bumpy comeback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JijqTwniVuQ A year ago, the sports world stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Basketball Association shut down on...

Boost the nation's spirits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Nog_jZXTQ Politically speaking no one will ever confuse President Franklin Roosevelt with United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But Franklin Roosevelt...

Play Ball? Not yet.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt569LMlnFU Someone connected to Major League Baseball leaked word of a plan that would enable the business to reopen. The initiative,...

The game will go on.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dSlzDadTqA There were some whispers of concern going into the new season. Something was wrong with the outcome of baseball’s...