Kelly Candaele

Kelly Candaele is a writer, a founding member of the Peace Institute at California State University, Chico, and a trustee of the Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System. He produced the documentary film, A League of Their Own, about his mother’s years in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. His brother Casey spent nine years in the big leagues and was a player union representative for the Houston Astros.

Labor OrganizingMarch 6, 2023

How Minor League Ballplayers Won a Union

The players who make America’s pastime possible have had enough of dismal working conditions, and they’re organizing to change them.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
SportsFebruary 7, 2022

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enough to make much money—or even a decent pension.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
SocietySeptember 11, 2020

Tom Seaver’s Major League Protest

When we remember “Tom Terrific,” let’s not forget the way the Mets great, at the height of his fame, stuck his neck out to oppose the war in Vietnam.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
EconomyJuly 20, 2020

Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners

When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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LaborDecember 3, 2019

Letters From the December 16/23, 2019, Issue

Off base… “Can’t” versus “won’t”…

Our Readers , Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
SportsOctober 8, 2019

A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players

How baseball’s numbers game threatens to strangle the sport.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
FeminismJuly 10, 2019

The Road to the World Cup Began With Title IX

Why mixing politics and sports is essential.

Kelly Candaele
PoliticsOctober 30, 2018

The Red Sox Should Not Visit the White House

Red Sox values are not Trump values.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
LaborOctober 10, 2018

Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston

Pro baseball players have made millions for themselves by unionizing and standing together. They should support striking hotel workers in their fight for better pay.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
SportsJuly 22, 2008

Hall of Fame Shut-Out

A conspiracy of management cronies is blocking 91-year-old union pioneer Marvin Miller from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele