- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press (1 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0252027523
- ISBN-13: 978-0252027529
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,341,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Korr puts labor issues and baseball in perspective with this history of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1960-1981... Korr tells the story of these tumultuous years vividly... An insightful foreword by broadcaster Bob Costas provides additional context. An engagingly written, carefully researched study." -- Booklist "Korr carefully explores labor-management dealings involving major league players and team owners during a crucial two-decade imbalance." -- Library Journal "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 "An important book, probably because it goes past baseball as a game to look at baseball as a business. We fans tend to think that while we go to 'work' for a salary that's never enough, baseball players go to 'play' for outlandish sums. Korr reminds his readers of a reality we overlook: baseball players are workers, employees, just like you and me... [Korr] downplays the money and praises the players for standing up for the principle of control over their own fate -- a principle being tested this week. I can't say that I'll be cheering them on if they strike. But after reading this book, and as a fellow unionized worker, I'll be a lot less quick to scorn them." -- Harry Levins, Saint Louis Today
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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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"'THIS WILL BE THE END OF BASEBALL, AS WE KNEW IT,'" announced Paul Richards, the general manager of the Atlanta Braves, at a press conference held during the 1967 winter meeting of Major League Baseball club owners. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fascinating & Informative
30 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
Baseball Almanac ... nearly exclusively refers to this guide as a source to assist others who have questions about the Players Union. Worth it to any baseball fan interested in learning more about the history of the Baseball Players Association and their conflicts with Major League Baseball.
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Sleep Please
19 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
This one caused me some trouble. I guess it was hard to read since I had found out so much about the Player's Union in other books. It was interesting to find out exactly what happened, but it was too much in the end and I really just did not care anymore. I fell asleep sometimes and missed sections, but if you are into this sort of thing, I would say go for it.
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