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MVP plaque presenters to discuss Landis' name on MLB trophy
Read full article: MVP plaque presenters to discuss Landis' name on MLB trophyFILE - In this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo,a Joe DiMaggio 1947 MVP Award Plaque is displayed at a news conference in New York. The plaque features the name and image of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File)NEW YORK The baseball organization that presents the annual MVP awards will consider whether the name of former commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis should be pulled from future plaques. Landis legacy is always a complicated story that includes documented racism, official MLB historian John Thorn said. Every AL and NL MVP plaque since Landis death has carried his name -- in letters twice as big as the winner -- and an imprint of his face.