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Midnight Library of Baseball

Midnight Library of Baseball

By: bendavidorlando
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 In the Midnight Library of Baseball, Ben Orlando offers a unique perspective to historic and modern aspects of the game. He does so with no loud music and no jarring sounds. Tune in to discover the untold stories that make baseball so much more than a game.Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Baseball & Softball World
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  • Ep 13: Why didn't he just try?

    Ep 13: Why didn't he just try?
    Jun 12 2025

    Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is known in baseball history as the man who saved baseball, the man who took charge, and acted. But he is also known as the man who did nothing in some of the biggest issues to ever occur in the major leagues? Was he a man who intentionally stood in the way of human rights and progress, or was he simply a man of his time?
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    36 mins
  • Ep 12: Here Comes The Judge

    Ep 12: Here Comes The Judge
    Jun 5 2025

    In the second part of this 3-part series, I dive into Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ transition from federal judge to first baseball commissioner, and what happens when the judge gets down to business. Lives will be destroyed. More conspiracies uncovered. But while he’s cleaning up baseball, Landis is also willfully preventing millions of Americans from enjoying the game. The man seen as a saint, as a tough-as-nails hero, is not quite as shiny and pure as advertised.
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    38 mins
  • Episode 11: The Commissioner Who Would be King

    Episode 11: The Commissioner Who Would be King
    May 24 2025

    For all the known controversies and unbelievable stories surrounding Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, there are just as many mysteries. In this episode, I dig into the origin story of the man who shaped baseball like no other commissioner in the history of the game.
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    38 mins

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