This weekend, Cooperstown holds its induction ceremony for the Baseball Hall of Fame?days after White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Takeaway talks with Dave Zirin, who writes about sports for The Nation and is author of “A People’s History of Sports in the United States.”
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