Baseball's creation myth is bunk, and historians have shown how important cities were to the game's development. But it was still a rural passion.

In the early 20th century, baseball was a magnet for illegal gambling. But when the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series, Jews became the scapegoats.

Little people have been used for entertainment purposes in royal courts from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe. But can this be more than exploitative?

Sports historian Steven A. Riess writes that the process that transformed baseball into a high-paid profession began in the 1860s.

Little League baseball as we know it is result of child development theory and practices in America's heartland in the years directly after World War II.

In 1949, Jackie Robinson testified in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee against Paul Robeson.

Baseball, politics, and nationalism are all at play when it comes to Cuban MLB players.