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Jerry Reinsdorf's Smoking Gun And Baseball Labor Settlement, Richard C. Crepeau
Jerry Reinsdorf's Smoking Gun And Baseball Labor Settlement, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
They called him The Old Roman. In 1919 Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox so angered his players with low salaries and his cheapskate ways that they turned on him and fixed the World Series. In 1996 White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf so angered his fellow owners by his high salaries and wild spending that they turned on him, reversed their vote of the previous three weeks, and approved the new baseball collective bargaining agreement. Maybe they should call Reinsdorf, the New Roman, or Roman Nouveau.
The Baseball Strike And The Issues, Richard C. Crepeau
The Baseball Strike And The Issues, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
How long has it been now? Two months. Three months. Does anyone remember exactly when the baseball strike began? For the record it was August 12, 1994, some three months and a week ago. Then in early September came word that the season was gone, and the playoffs and World Series were down the drain.