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  • After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, FDR thought baseball could serve as an uplifting distraction

    Sep 28, 2020 11:45 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News
    President George W. Bush gives a thumbs up to the Yankee Stadium crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch for Game 3 of the 2001 World Series in New York. (Rich Pilling / MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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    Chicago 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. 

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