Mickey Gallagher
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mickey Gallagher
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Culture
Gay baseball star Glenn Burke: What could have been, except for…
June 17, 2022Andrew Maraniss’s superb biography, Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, gives a full and insightful account of the life of the first openly gay professional baseball player.
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Books
Baseball—and baseball books—are back!
May 24, 2022Now that what used to be called “Our National Pastime” is back, it’s time to look at several recently published books about the game.
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World
Baseball and socialism in Cuba: Despite some defections, a success story
April 7, 2022With all its mistakes, bureaucracy, and inefficiency, Cuba has still created a socialist sports system that works for the vast majority of baseball players and fans throughout the island, not the wealthy few.
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Books
L.A.’s Dodger Stadium should not exist!
April 1, 2022
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Sports
Mr. Smith-Pelly won’t go to Washington
June 18, 2018The Washington Capitals, after 13 years of playoff failure, finally won their first Stanley Cup.
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Sports
Connie Hawkins: Michael before Michael
May 21, 2018One of the greatest players of all time, Connie Hawkins's experience mirrored that of many black athletes whose dreams have been crushed by a racist society.
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Sports
The 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.
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Culture
The dark truths about child labor in books for children
April 24, 2018With International Workers' Day upon us, let's not forget those who gave up what should have been the best times of their lives to the rapacious capitalist system - children.
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