baseball

There’s no major league baseball without immigrants

June 21, 2018 By Al Neal

Think about those kids at the border when you hear Spanish ballplayers' names come over the PA.

Thanks, MLBPA and Marvin Miller: 50 years since first pro sports union contract

June 13, 2018 By Al Neal

As Marvin Miller told players, "A union is not a social club. A union is a restraint on what an employer can otherwise do." Just as true today as in 1965.

Domestic violence allegation sidelines Toronto Blue Jays’ All-Star pitcher

May 11, 2018 By Al Neal

Where do our priorities lie—with winning the game or addressing a chronic violence issue within the professional leagues? I'd say it's winning...sadly.

The First Lady of baseball

May 8, 2018 By Mickey Gallagher

There is only one tombstone engraved: "She Loved Baseball." A fitting tribute to the memory of Effa Manley, the only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The real Bosox curse was racism, not the Bambino

May 7, 2018 By Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman

The Boston Red Sox have finally decided to atone for two of the most racist, self-destructive snubs in sports history.