In Baseball Rebels Peter Dreier and Robert Elias examine the key social challenges--racism, sexism and homophobia--that shaped society and worked their way into

"Baseball Rebels tells stories of reformers and radicals who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's broader political and social protest movement

A captivating history of the baseball reformers and revolutionaries who challenged their sport and society—and in turn helped change America. Athletes have of

Baseball first became popular in Catawba County as a means of entertainment and competition between mills and small towns. The county's longest standing basebal

"The Northern League was a bold, rebellious baseball experiment: the first time in decades that an independent minor league bucked the rule of organized basebal