Balls and strikes : the money game in professional baseball / Kenneth M. Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, Kenneth M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective bargaining--Baseball--United States--History.

Collective bargaining.

Collective bargaining--Baseball.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 273 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Praeger, 1990.

Summary:

Kenneth M. Jennings examines union-management relations in professional baseball, bringing together all the information the sports fan needs to follow the issues surrounding player-management arbitration in this unique industry. Covering the history of collective bargaining action in baseball from 1869 to the 1990 season, this book examines the issues that influence those high-profile player-management-owner negotiations. Baseball fans and sports journalists, as well as professionals in management and labor relations, will find Balls and Strikes a fresh and exciting look at America's favorite pastime.

Contents:

Part 1 Collective Bargaining Efforts 1

1 Early Collective Bargaining 3

2 Marvin Miller and the MLBPA 19

3 Collective Bargaining in the 1980s 41

Part 2 Collective Bargaining Participants 71

4 Owners, Commissioners, Media, and Agents 73

5 Manager-Player Relationships 99

6 Player Pressures and Problems 125

Part 3 Remaining Player-Management Issues 155

7 The Race and Ethnic Issue 157

8 Player Mobility and Salary Arbitration 181

9 Salary Trends and Controversy 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-269) and index.

ISBN:

0275934411

OCLC:

20260601