American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.
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There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.
Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.
On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on these TV shows and appearing on the cover of this or that. Now kids can see how baseball can change your life. Frank Thomas did that for me.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.
Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.
We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
Baseball is a game that shouts, 'Slow Down' to America. Stop tweeting, texting, blogging, watching cable news, and obsessing about polls, lost planes, and focus-group-driven politicians.
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.