![]() ![]() ![]() As baseball fans know, the following year their was a calamitous strike. It was published with the history leading up/into 1993. The weakness in this book just comes from the happenstance of timing. I found the information on Faye Vincent particularly interesting as I was not aware of his overly authoritarian take on his role. The evolving positions of advertising, free agency, television, etc. Through the decades, we meet and get to know players, owners, and commissioners. Still, their actions speak as loud as any words could. Because while the players were out and about (and in the press), many owners took a high-handed approach to publicity so there were fewer texts on which to draw. However, it seems that perspective of management (frequently referred to in the text as "the Lords") may be a bit hidden. In doing so, the author makes sure that we understand the the points of view of the players and their chosen representatives (especially Marvin Miller) and, to the best of his ability, that of the owners. Lords of the Realm takes a mostly non-partisan look at the owner treatment of players and eventual player response to owners as Helyar chronicles decade after decade, year after year, and ultimately meeting after meeting of the rise of, perhaps, the most powerful union in North America. A thorough look at the history of MLB's treatment of players and the rise of its union (the Player's Association), as far as it goes. ![]()
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