Forty-two years after Jackie Robinson broke the color line but only 22 months after Al Campanis broke the party line, baseball last week hired a black man to be president of the National League. He will preside at owners' meetings, approve players' contracts, supervise the umpires, set proprieties and penalize iniquities. "Whatever historical significance there is in it," said Bill White, 55, a reluctant-sounding pioneer, "if I didn't think I could do this job, I would be foolish to take it. My goal is to be the best president I can be." Of any color.
The former first baseman and broadcaster...
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