blog postsAfter the bombing of Pearl Harbor, FDR thought baseball could serve as an uplifting distractionSep 28, 2020 11:45 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the NewsShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesChicago Tribune (Sept. 28) Trump urging college football conferences to play in the midst of the pandemic isn’t exactly comparable, says U of I baseball historian Adrian Burgos. Share on FacebookTweetEmail