The Other Baseball

The story of baseball's integration does not begin and end with Jackie Robinson. For each broken barrier, there is never just one person.

In addition to African-American athletes, people with heritage of Native American, Latino, Asian, and other ethnic groups have all been made to endure their own difficult integration experience. The same is true for women, religious minorities, LGBT individuals, and people with physical, mental, and other challenges. Social inclusion is a gradual process that takes place over years, decades, or of  ...