Most Americans were consumed with World War II in June 1944.  It started with D-Day and the daily reports of Allied forces marching into France.  It was personal for most families, because every street had one or two young men fighting in Europe or the Pacific.     The baseball season went on, as President Roosevelt desired.  However, the teams had to get very creative to fill their rosters.  They could not rely on Latin players as they do today, and African Americans could not play anyway.  I should add that a lot of Cuban young men served in World War II in support of U.S. forces. On June 10, 1944, the Cincinnati Reds gave the ball to Joe Nuxall, and history was made: In 1942, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt wrote to Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to ask that baseball continue even though the United States was going to war:  “I honestly feel that it would be best for...(Read Full Post)