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There’s no major league baseball without immigrants
June 21, 2018Think about those kids at the border when you hear Spanish ballplayers' names come over the PA.
Read moreThanks, MLBPA and Marvin Miller: 50 years since first pro sports union contract
June 13, 2018As 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.
Read moreDomestic violence allegation sidelines Toronto Blue Jays’ All-Star pitcher
May 11, 2018Where 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.
Read moreThe First Lady of baseball
May 8, 2018There 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.
Read moreThe real Bosox curse was racism, not the Bambino
May 7, 2018The Boston Red Sox have finally decided to atone for two of the most racist, self-destructive snubs in sports history.
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