“Baseball is play, not work — even when played by professionals, for whom it is indeed work — and so stands aside from the normal conduct of everyday life: business, economy, government,” John Thorn, ...

Politics even figured in attempts during the ... In that vein, we’ll leave the final words to Pete Rose himself, from an interview in 2014 — a rejection of mythology from a ballplayer long ...

Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and Politics: Baseball and the Real World Collide More Often Than We Think PITTSBURGH (AP) — The legends of pastoral fields. The detailed history and meticulous attention ...

Since the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart. But ...

FILE - This 1921 file photo shows Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, rear left, as Chicago White Sox players, Charles "Swede" Risberg, center left, and Arnold "Chick" Gandil, look on during the ...