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• catalog abstract ""The first book to utilize the files, letters, and correspondence of the Major League Baseball Players 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." "Before the appointment of former Steelworkers Union executive Marvin J. Miller in 1966, the MLBPA was a loosely organized company union created to negotiate pensions and working conditions. As the players realized they needed the game to make a living and the owners needed them to make a profit, the union gained momentum. Capitalizing on this equation under Miller's tutelage, the players staged a fifteen-year battle that gradually extracted power from management. By 1981, the MLBPA had dramatically escalated players' salaries, increased their rights and freedoms in contract negotiations, and replaced the century-old "reserve system" with free agency." "With detail and analysis, Korr reveals how the union operated, how the players financed and supported it, and how it succeeded in besting the owners in every confrontation. He also considers the role of the press in swaying public opinion of both sides and captures the ideological rift between fans and owners, who were enmeshed in the romantic traditionalism of baseball's history, and the players who were unwilling to accept the status quo."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12559621.
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description ""Before the appointment of former Steelworkers Union executive Marvin J. Miller in 1966, the MLBPA was a loosely organized company union created to negotiate pensions and working conditions. As the players realized they needed the game to make a living and the owners needed them to make a profit, the union gained momentum. Capitalizing on this equation under Miller's tutelage, the players staged a fifteen-year battle that gradually extracted power from management. By 1981, the MLBPA had dramatically escalated players' salaries, increased their rights and freedoms in contract negotiations, and replaced the century-old "reserve system" with free agency."".
• catalog description ""The first book to utilize the files, letters, and correspondence of the Major League Baseball Players 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."".
• catalog description ""With detail and analysis, Korr reveals how the union operated, how the players financed and supported it, and how it succeeded in besting the owners in every confrontation. He also considers the role of the press in swaying public opinion of both sides and captures the ideological rift between fans and owners, who were enmeshed in the romantic traditionalism of baseball's history, and the players who were unwilling to accept the status quo."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "A "house union" -- The Association chooses change. -- A new focus for the Association. -- The union asserts itself. -- Curt Flood and the American dream. -- Only one chance at a first strike. -- A loss in court and a gain at the bargaining table. -- Different roads to free agency. -- Messersmith and McNally: two pitchers and one big win. -- Protecting free agency. -- 1980 -- the strike that didn't happen. -- The union's sternest test. -- Conclusion. -- Epilogue: 1990s -- parallels abound and problems at home.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-315) and index.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 336 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0252027523 (Cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Sport and society".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "331.89/041796357/0973 21".
• catalog subject "Baseball players Labor unions United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "GV880.2 .K67 2002".
• catalog subject "Industrial relations United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Major League Baseball Players Association History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "A "house union" -- The Association chooses change. -- A new focus for the Association. -- The union asserts itself. -- Curt Flood and the American dream. -- Only one chance at a first strike. -- A loss in court and a gain at the bargaining table. -- Different roads to free agency. -- Messersmith and McNally: two pitchers and one big win. -- Protecting free agency. -- 1980 -- the strike that didn't happen. -- The union's sternest test. -- Conclusion. -- Epilogue: 1990s -- parallels abound and problems at home.".
• catalog title "The end of baseball as we knew it : the players union, 1960-81 / Charles P. Korb ; foreword by Bob Costas.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".