Robert Elias
Author
Description
“It's our game…America's game: it has the snap, go, fling of the American atmosphere—belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly as our Constitution's laws, [and] is just as important in the sum total of our historic life.”—Walt Whitman on baseball Is the face of American baseball throughout the world that of goodwill ambassador or ugly American? Has baseball crafted its own image or instead been at the mercy of...
Author
Description
Since baseball emerged in the mid-1800s to become America's pastime, the nation's battles over race, gender, and sexuality have been reflected on the playing field, in the executive suites, in the press box, and in the community.
Some of baseball's rebels are widely recognized, but most of them are either little known or known primarily for their baseball achievements - not their political views and activism. Everyone knows the story of Jackie Robinson...