The end of baseball as we knew it : the players union, 1960-81

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    • Korr, Charles P.
    • Costas, Bob

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The end of baseball as we knew it : the players union, 1960-81

Charles P. Korr ; foreword by Bob Costas

(Sports and society)

University of Illinois Press, c2002

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780252027529

Description

The first book to utilize the files, letters, and correspondence of the Major League Baseball Player's Association, The End of Baseball As We Knew It replays the much-storied transformation of power from management to players that set the standard for labor relations not just in baseball but in all professional sports. Charles P. Korr also draws on interviews with ballplayers, journalists, and labor executives to construct this insider's view of the most successful sports union's formative years.
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: pbk ISBN 9780252072741

Description

The first book to utilize the files, letters, and correspondence of the Major League Baseball Player's Association, The End of Baseball As We Knew It replays the much-storied transformation of power from management to players that set the standard for labor relations not just in baseball but in all professional sports. Charles P. Korr also draws on interviews with ballplayers, journalists, and labor executives to construct an insider's view of the successful sports union's formative years.

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