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The End of Baseball as We Knew It. The Players Union, 1960-81.
Korr, Charles P.; Korr, Prof. Chuck
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Paperback. Drawing on the records of the Major League Baseball Players Association and interviews with ballplayers, journalists, and labor executives, this title gives an insider's view of the famous shift in power from management to players that set the standard in labor relations not just in baseball, but in a variety of professional sports. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Sport and Society
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072741
SKU
V9780252072741
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About Korr, Charles P.; Korr, Prof. Chuck
Charles P. Korr is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and the author of West Ham United: The Making of a Football Club. Bob Costas is an award-winning sports broadcaster and the author of Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball.
Reviews for The End of Baseball as We Knew It. The Players Union, 1960-81.
Winner of the Dave Moore Award given by Elysian FIelds Quarterly Review, 2003. "A sympathetic profile of the Major League Baseball Players Association. This academic book chronicles the organization as it rose from house union in the 1960s to the powerhouse that won free agency through the Andy Messersmith-Dave McNally case in 1975."
Washington Post Book World "Examines the rise of the players association. Korr is able to tell the story more completely than others who've tried before because the players association gave him access to archives previously unavailable to the public. From these seemingly dry documents springs up a conflict passionately waged by athletes and owners."
USA Today Sports Weekly "A fascinating, accurate account of the history of this powerful union."
Tim McCarver "This illuminating account of how the Major League Baseball Players Association changed the face of the American sports scene should be read by anyone interested in baseball but especially by thirty particular individuals-the ones who run major league clubs. No detail of this fifteen-year drama has been omitted, with all its alternatives fully explored and explained. As one who had to cover these events in real time, I'm delighted to learn from both sides-at last-what really went on."
Leonard Koppett, author of Koppett's Concise History of Baseball "A near perfect historical account: a fascinating subject that has been thoroughly researched, a rich story told with precision and passion. Korr reminds us that the formation of the baseball players union not only changed baseball but all of American sports and in profound ways affected American society as a whole. More than a sports book (clearly a must-read for all baseball fans and scholars), The End of Baseball As We Knew It is important American social and labor history."
Gerald Early, professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University and consultant on Ken Burns's television documentary Baseball
Washington Post Book World "Examines the rise of the players association. Korr is able to tell the story more completely than others who've tried before because the players association gave him access to archives previously unavailable to the public. From these seemingly dry documents springs up a conflict passionately waged by athletes and owners."
USA Today Sports Weekly "A fascinating, accurate account of the history of this powerful union."
Tim McCarver "This illuminating account of how the Major League Baseball Players Association changed the face of the American sports scene should be read by anyone interested in baseball but especially by thirty particular individuals-the ones who run major league clubs. No detail of this fifteen-year drama has been omitted, with all its alternatives fully explored and explained. As one who had to cover these events in real time, I'm delighted to learn from both sides-at last-what really went on."
Leonard Koppett, author of Koppett's Concise History of Baseball "A near perfect historical account: a fascinating subject that has been thoroughly researched, a rich story told with precision and passion. Korr reminds us that the formation of the baseball players union not only changed baseball but all of American sports and in profound ways affected American society as a whole. More than a sports book (clearly a must-read for all baseball fans and scholars), The End of Baseball As We Knew It is important American social and labor history."
Gerald Early, professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University and consultant on Ken Burns's television documentary Baseball