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How A Global Pandemic 100 Years Ago Helped Spark The Founding Of The Negro Leagues In Kansas City
Getting past a disruption caused by a global pandemic is nothing new for professional baseball. Even as Major League Baseball considers a shortened season this year amid the ongoing coroanavirus outbreak, the sport faced an even more dire threat a century ago with the flu pandemic.