Episode 124: America's Past Time During WWII - a podcast by Radio America

from 2019-04-17T15:00:03

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In early 1944, the sixteen major league baseball teams began spring training. By the time the season began in April, 60% of the starting players in 1941 were in the Armed Forces. With so many players drafted, the league began to fill their teams with teenagers and middle-aged men.