Baseball S Pivotal Era 1945 1951
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Baseball S Pivotal Era 1945 1951
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Author : William Marshall
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Baseball S Pivotal Era 1945 1951 written by William Marshall and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
With personal interviews of players and owners and with over two decades of research in newspapers and archives, Bill Marshall tells of the players, the pennant races, and the officials who shaped one of the most memorable eras in sports and American history. At the end of World War II, soldiers returning from overseas hungered to resume their love affair with baseball. Spectators still identified with players, whose salaries and off-season employment as postmen, plumbers, farmers, and insurance salesmen resembled their own. It was a time when kids played baseball on sandlots and in pastures, fans followed the game on the radio, and tickets were affordable. The outstanding play of Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Don Newcombe, Warren Spahn, and many others dominated the field. But perhaps no performance was more important than that of Jackie Robinson, whose entrance into the game broke the color barrier, won him the respect of millions of Americans, and helped set the stage for the civil rights movement. Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951 also records the attempt to organize the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Mexican League's success in luring players south of the border that led to a series of lawsuits that almost undermined baseball's reserve clause and antitrust exemption. The result was spring training pay, uniform contracts, minimum salary levels, player representation, and a pension plan—the very issues that would divide players and owners almost fifty years later. During these years, the game was led by A.B. "Happy" Chandler, a hand-shaking, speech-making, singing Kentucky politician. Most owners thought he would be easily manipulated, unlike baseball's first commissioner, the autocratic Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis. Instead, Chandler's style led one owner to complain that he was the "player's commissioner, the fan's commissioner, the press and radio commissioner, everybody's commissioner but the men who pay him."
Baseball Meets The Law
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Author : Ed Edmonds
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-02-28
Baseball Meets The Law written by Ed Edmonds and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days. In 1791, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance prohibited ball playing near the town's meeting house. Ball games on Sundays were barred by a Pennsylvania statute in 1794. In 2015, a federal court held that baseball's exemption from antitrust laws applied to franchise relocations. Another court overturned the conviction of Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice. A third denied a request by rooftop entrepreneurs to enjoin the construction of a massive video screen at Wrigley Field. This exhaustive chronology traces the effects the law has had on the national pastime, both pro and con, on and off the field, from the use of copyright to protect not only equipment but also "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" to frequent litigation between players and owners over contracts and the reserve clause. The stories of lawyers like Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Branch Rickey are entertainingly instructive.
Baseball And The American Dream
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Author : Robert Elias
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Baseball And The American Dream written by Robert Elias and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with History categories.
A fascinating look at how America's favorite sport has both reflected and shaped social, economic, and
Ethnicity Sport Identity
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Author : Andrew Ritchie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03-01
Ethnicity Sport Identity written by Andrew Ritchie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The struggle for status within sport is a microcosm of the struggle for rights, freedom and recognition within society. Injustices within sport often reflect larger injustices in society as a whole. In South Africa, for example, sport has been crucial in advancing the rights and liberty of oppressed groups. The geographical and chronological range of the essays in Ethnicity, Sport, Identity reveal the global role of sport in this advance. The collection examines cases of discrimination directed at individuals or groups, resulting in their exclusion from full participation in sport and their consequent struggle for inclusion. It shows how ethnic and national identity are sources of social cohesion and political assertion within sport, and it illustrates the manner in which sport has served to project ethnicity in various, often contradictory ways. It depicts sport as an agent of conservatism and radicalism, superiority and subordination, confidence and lack of confidence, and as a source of disenfranchisement and enfranchisement. That sport has been, and continues to be, a potent means of both ethnic restriction and release can no longer be ignored.
Amazing Tales From The Chicago Cubs Dugout
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Author : Bob Logan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-02-07
Amazing Tales From The Chicago Cubs Dugout written by Bob Logan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is crammed with stories, quotes, and anecdotes about the greatest Cubs players of past and present. The story of the Cubs is part legend, part pathos; heroic and, on occasion, hilarious. Enjoy the heartbreak and joy of unforgettable afternoons at Wrigley Field. Without a doubt Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is a must for any Chicago Cubs fan.
A Woman S Work
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Author : Dorothy Jane Mills
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-02-24
A Woman S Work written by Dorothy Jane Mills and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-24 with Sports & Recreation categories.
From 1949 until 1990, Dorothy Jane Mills quietly contributed her research and writing to the first baseball histories ever written by a historian. The wife of historian Harold Seymour, she found herself increasingly involved with his books, as the couple presided over mountains of records on the game and worked to prepare his imposing manuscripts for press. But she received no official credit. It was after Dr. Seymour's passing that other researchers learned she was the unattributed co-author of much of his work. This important memoir reveals details of the author's partnership with baseball's most revered historian. Many new facts regarding Mills' role come to light. Mills, now recognized as the game's first woman historian, also explains how her work as a teacher, editor, novelist, children's author, and public speaker fit into her baseball work. The book contains numerous photographs from the author's personal collection, most of them in print for the first time as well as a foreword by Steve Gietschier of The Sporting News.
The Cooperstown Symposium On Baseball And American Culture 2009 2010
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Author : William M. Simons
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-02-21
The Cooperstown Symposium On Baseball And American Culture 2009 2010 written by William M. Simons and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2009–2010 is an anthology of scholarly essays that utilize the national game to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark and constitute a significant academic contribution to baseball literature. The essays represent sixteen of the leading presentations from the two most recent proceedings of the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held, respectively, on June 3–5, 2009, and June 2–4, 2010. The anthology is divided into five parts: Baseball as Culture: Dance, Literature, National Character, and Myth; Constructing Baseball Heroes; Blacks in Baseball: From Segregation to Conflicted Integration; The Enterprise of Baseball: Economics and Entrepreneurs; and Genesis and Legacy of Baseball Scholarship, which features an essay written by the co-creator of baseball scholarship, Dorothy Seymour Mills.
Late Innings
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Author : Dean A. Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Late Innings written by Dean A. Sullivan and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The third volume in this exciting, well-researched history of America's pastime retraces some of the most important people and events in the game, from Jackie Robinson's shattering of the race barrier to the labor unrest of the 1970s.
The End Of Baseball As We Knew It
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Author : Charles P. Korr
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2002
The End Of Baseball As We Knew It written by Charles P. Korr and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
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A Primer On American Labor Law
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Author : William B. Gould IV
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-02
A Primer On American Labor Law written by William B. Gould IV and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with Business & Economics categories.
The book is for non-lawyers, lawyers and foreign audiences with an interest in the American labor and discrimination system.