Zusammenfassung
A captivating history of the baseball reformers and revolutionaries who challenged their sport and society—and in turn helped change America.
Athletes have often used their platform to respond to and protest injustices, from Muhammad Ali and Colin Kaepernick to Billie Jean King and Megan Rapinoe. Compared to their counterparts, baseball players have often been more cautious about speaking out on controversial issues; but throughout the sport’s history, there have been many players who were willing to stand up and fight for what was right.
In Major League Rebels: Baseball Battles over Workers' Rights and American Empire, Robert Elias and Peter Dreier reveal a little-known yet important history of rebellion among professional ballplayers. These reformers took inspiration from the country’s dissenters and progressive movements, speaking and acting against abuses within their profession and their country. Elias and Dreier profile the courageous players who demanded better working conditions, battled against corporate power, and challenged America’s unjust wars, imperialism, and foreign policies, resisting the brash patriotism that many link with the “national pastime.”
American history can be seen as an ongoing battle over wealth and income inequality, corporate power versus workers’ rights, what it means to be a “patriotic” American, and the role of the United States outside its borders. For over 100 years, baseball activists have challenged the status quo, contributing to the kind of dissent that creates a more humane society. Major League Rebels tells their inspiring stories.
Schlagworte
Politics Social Movements baseball MLB Jackie Robinson Sandy Koufax Tim Keefe Tony Lupien Robert Murphy Robin Roberts anti-imperialism anti-war Mark Baldwin Marvin Miller Dave McNally Andy Messersmith Don Drysdale John Montgomery Ward Jorge Pasquel Jim Bunning Jim O’Rourke Al Niemiec American Baseball Guild Curt Flood Danny Gardella sports and society sports protests politics in baseball politics in sports baseball rebels baseball unionKeywords
protests- 215–322 III: Conclusion 215–322
- 323–344 Index 323–344
- 345–346 About the Authors 345–346
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- „... 345About the AuthorsRobert Elias is a professor of politics, Dean’s Scholar, and founding director ...” „... Pennsylvania State University. He received his BA in history and political science from the University of ...” „... Pennsylvania and his MA and PhD in political science from Pennsylvania State University. His articles have ...”
- „... Cuba.”2 Spalding supported America’s wars for expansion and enlisted baseball in the cause.In such ...” „... circumstances, it’s difficult for professional ballplayers or others in organized baseball to protest our wars ...” „... sport should help the war effort because baseball and democ-racy go hand in hand. But many critics ...”
- „... condemned the players for undermining baseball—now a global game—with their unreasonable demands. In the ...” „... as an apprentice. Even worse, in his father’s eyes, Tim wanted to play baseball.Despite his father’s ...” „... their activist efforts to give ballplayers a stronger voice in organized baseball.T H E P L A y E R s ...”