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Author Andrew Maraniss on Glenn Burke, Social Justice in Sports, and the ‘82 Brewers

Door County Pulse Podcasts · Author Andrew Maranis on Glenn Burke, Social Justice in Sports, and the ‘82 Brewers

Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to New York Times best-selling author Andrew Maraniss, author of “Singled Out,” the story of Glenn Burke, Major League Baseball’s first openly gay player and the inventor of the high five. Maraniss discusses why Burke was run out of baseball in his prime, as well as the importance of writing trusting young readers with difficult subjects.