Roy Campanella: The Catcher Who Became a Global Mirror for Hypocrisy
Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ three-time MVP catcher, has long been filed under “American baseball legend” and left to gather dust alongside other sepia-toned curios. Yet if you squint past the nostalgia, Campy’s story turns out to be a surprisingly useful lens on the planet’s chronic inability to play fair—on the diamond, in passport queues,…