America changed greatly after our day of infamy, Dec. 7, 1941. Lost in the fog of World War II, history sometimes forgets that Pearl Harbor also triggered one of the most significant letters in presidential history: the Green Light Letter.
The continuation of baseball during the war was encouraged by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a game-changing letter dated Jan. 15, 1942, when FDR proclaimed, “I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going.” It was a watershed moment for the game and the country.
