From the introduction of the reserve clause in 1879 to the lockout
and new basic agreement of 1990, baseball players have been engaged
in one of the longest and most colorful labor struggles in our
nation's history. "The Imperfect Diamond" tells the stories of the
players and their opponents, the powerful owners: how John
Montgomery Ward led the Players League Rebellion of 1890; the rise
and fall of David Fultz and the Baseball Players Fraternity
(1912-18); the iron-fisted regime of Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain
Landis; the case of "Danny Gardella vs. Happy Chandler" and the
blacklisting of the players who jumped to the Mexican League; the
founding of the Baseball Players Association in 1953 and the
tempestuous but triumphant reign of Marvin Miller; the struggles of
Curt Flood, Andy Messersmith, and Dave McNally, and how they
brought about the demise of the reserve clause; the unprecedented
midseason strike of 1981 and the collusion cases of the late 1980s.
In the epilogue for this Bison Books edition, Lee Lowenfish guides
the reader through the turbulent 1990s and first decade of the
twenty-first century, covering expansion teams, the monumental 1994
strike, and performance-enhancing drugs. Listed by the Society of
American Baseball Research as one of the fifty essential baseball
books, "The Imperfect Diamond" will stand for years to come as the
source for the real story behind America's national pastime.
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