Bargaining with Baseball
Title | Bargaining with Baseball PDF eBook |
Author | William B. Gould IV |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 327 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0786486880 |
In 1995, William B. Gould IV, then chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cast the deciding vote to obtain the injunction that ended the longest strike in baseball history. Sixteen years of peaceful relations between baseball labor and management have followed, as well as unprecedented prosperity in a relationship that had just endured 30 years of strikes and lockouts. This study, which clearly illustrates the practical impact of law on America's pastime, considers the 140-year sweep of labor-management relationships and conflict, exploring player-owner disputes, the development of free agency, the collective bargaining process, and the racial integration of baseball, among other topics. It concludes with a discussion of the "steroids era," the problem with maintaining Jackie Robinson's legacy in the 21st century, and globalization.
Owners Versus Players
Title | Owners Versus Players PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Dworkin |
Publisher | Praeger |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1981-05-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0865690723 |
Owners Versus Players
Title | Owners Versus Players PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Dworkin |
Publisher | Praeger |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 1981-05-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
The Lords of the Realm
Title | The Lords of the Realm PDF eBook |
Author | John Helyar |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | 641 |
Release | 2011-07-27 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 030780142X |
"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal; the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards; the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter; the chain-smoking romantic, A. Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer; and much more. Praise for The Lords of the Realm "A must-read for baseball fans . . . reads like a suspense novel."—Kirkus Reviews "Refreshingly hard-headed . . . the only book you'll need to read on the subject."—Newsday "Lots of stories . . . well told, amusing . . . edifying."—The Washington Post
May the Best Team Win
Title | May the Best Team Win PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Zimbalist |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 2010-12-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780815719403 |
The business of baseball stands in sharp contrast to the game’s wholesome image as America’s favorite pastime. Major league baseball is a deeply troubled industry, facing chronic problems that threaten its future: persistent labor tensions, competitive dominance by high-revenue teams, migration of game telecasts to cable, and escalating ticket prices. Amid the threat of contraction, existing franchises are demanding public subsidies for new stadiums, while viable host cities are begging for teams. The game’s core base of fans is aging, and MLB is doing precious little to attract a younger audience. According to Andrew Zimbalist, these problems have a common cause: monopoly. Since 1922 MLB has benefited from a presumed exemption from the nation’s antitrust laws. It is the only top-level professional baseball league in the country, and each of its teams is assigned an exclusive territory. Monopolies have market power, which they use to derive higher returns, misallocate resources, and take advantage of consumers. Major league baseball is no exception. In May the Best Team Win, Zimbalist provides a critical analysis of the baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud Selig as MLB’s “independent” commissioner.
A Whole Different Ball Game
Title | A Whole Different Ball Game PDF eBook |
Author | Marvin Miller |
Publisher | Ivan R. Dee Publisher |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Baseball |
ISBN | 9781566635998 |
Marvin Miller became the first executive director of the newly formed Major League Baseball Players Association. He recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever and thereby raised salaries enormously. formed
Much More Than a Game
Title | Much More Than a Game PDF eBook |
Author | Robert F. Burk |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2003-01-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0807875376 |
To most Americans, baseball is just a sport; but to those who own baseball teams--and those who play on them--our national pastime is much more than a game. In this book, Robert Burk traces the turbulent labor history of American baseball since 1921. His comprehensive, readable account details the many battles between owners and players that irrevocably altered the business of baseball. During what Burk calls baseball's "paternalistic era," from 1921 to the early 1960s, the sport's management rigidly maintained a system of racial segregation, established a network of southern-based farm teams that served as a captive source of cheap replacement labor, and crushed any attempts by players to create collective bargaining institutions. In the 1960s, however, the paternal order crumbled, eroded in part by the civil rights movement and the competition of television. As a consequence, in the "inflationary era" that followed, both players and umpires established effective unions that successfully pressed for higher pay, pensions, and greater occupational mobility--and then fought increasingly bitter struggles to hold on to these hard-won gains.