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more than 500 men left the Major
League Baseball teams to serve in
the army. Also, during World War
II, the wartime blackout restrictions
took place. Citizens had to keep their
outdoor light at a low level because
the country was in combat. Baseball
games could not be played in the
dark, so the league’s commissioner jobs and would bring the country
sent a letter to president Franklin together in times of war.
D. Roosevelt for permission. The Black citizens were not allowed to
president had agreed to turn the play in the all-white professional
lights on for baseball games because leagues. However, Jackie Robinson
he believed that this would create was the first black player to break
