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Custom’S Last Stand: Why Mlb Trusts Tradition To Police Player Conduct And The Nfl Doesn’T, Mitchell J. Nathanson Dec 2016

Custom’S Last Stand: Why Mlb Trusts Tradition To Police Player Conduct And The Nfl Doesn’T, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

This article examines the divergent ways player conduct is governed within the NFL and Major League Baseball and presents a hypothesis that might explain the differences.  It surveys the governing principles of participant comportment within both sports and asserts that while Major League Baseball is, and has been since the game’s inception, ruled largely in this regard by informal custom, the NFL eschews such an approach in favor of the formation, application and regular updating of formal, positive law.  As for why these different governing approaches exist, this article posits that the answer can be found within the origins of …

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God Almighty Hisself: The Life And Legacy Of Dick Allen, Mitchell J. Nathanson Mar 2016

God Almighty Hisself: The Life And Legacy Of Dick Allen, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

“What I saw…persuaded me that (he) was the victim of an innate and incurable disorder.  I might give alms to his body; but his body did not pain him; it was his soul that suffered, and his soul I could not reach.”
     -- Herman Melville, “Bartleby The Scrivener.”

Through the course of his major league career, Dick Allen was without doubt recognized for doing a lot of things.  He was the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player.  His 351 home runs are more than Hall of Famer Ron Santo and …

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Jimmie Crutchfield’S Baseball Life, James Keenan, Sheldon Cohen Dec 2015

Jimmie Crutchfield’S Baseball Life, James Keenan, Sheldon Cohen

James G. Keenan

Loyola faculty members in history and classical studies present research on the Negro Leagues in baseball.

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Dick Allen Preferred Not To: A Reconsideration Of Baseball's Bartleby, Mitchell J. Nathanson Dec 2013

Dick Allen Preferred Not To: A Reconsideration Of Baseball's Bartleby, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

During the course of his major league career, Dick Allen did a lot of things: he was the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1972 AL Most Valuable Player; his 351 home runs are more than Hall of Famer Ron Santo, his 1119 RBI’s are more than Hall of Famer Rod Carew, and, for those who pray to the alter of sabermetrics, his “adjusted OPS+” is higher than the greatest slugger of all time, Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. Because of all that he did, the MLB Network in 2012 ranked him as a member of its “Top …

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