The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938: Baseball Outlaws

Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues began a campaign to destroy it. The NAPBL declared the League "outlaw" and blacklisted its players because their teams were pirating professionally-contracted ballplayers with the lure of higher wages, small-town hero worship and a career off-season. Backed into a corner, the Carolina League wore its "outlaw" label with a defiant swagger. This complete history of the league reveals how it persevered through three tumultuous seasons, attracting ballplayers from all over the country and giving them control over their careers, setting a standard that was resisted until free agency was adopted in 1973.
ASIN: 078640535X
VSKU: BVV.078640535X.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Utley, R. G.|Verner, Scott
Binding: Hardcover
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