When Baseball Isn’t White, Straight and Male

'This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age, and class within professional baseball from 1998 to present. Each chapter looks at the media representations of a specific controversy as well as incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues'--Roberta Newman, New York University'--Provided by publisher.