Hardball by Bowie Kuhn
Author: Bowie Kuhn
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1997
ISBN: 0-8032-7784-9
Page Count: 449
Bowie Kuhn was the Commissioner of Baseball for 15 years, starting in 1969. Formerly a labor lawyer, he helped modernize the game in many ways, including dragging troglodyte team owners into the modern era of player free agency rather than indentured servitude. He deserves fair credit, even if he was eaten alive by the Players Association leader Marvin Miller. But he was also a stiff man who did not convey a love for the game, which made his successor Peter Ueberroth’s job a lot easier. Kuhn’s narrative is fair and comprehensive if not poetic, with a deserved place on the shelf of baseball books a good fan will possess.
Condition: Very Good in all aspects.
Author: Bowie Kuhn
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1997
ISBN: 0-8032-7784-9
Page Count: 449
Bowie Kuhn was the Commissioner of Baseball for 15 years, starting in 1969. Formerly a labor lawyer, he helped modernize the game in many ways, including dragging troglodyte team owners into the modern era of player free agency rather than indentured servitude. He deserves fair credit, even if he was eaten alive by the Players Association leader Marvin Miller. But he was also a stiff man who did not convey a love for the game, which made his successor Peter Ueberroth’s job a lot easier. Kuhn’s narrative is fair and comprehensive if not poetic, with a deserved place on the shelf of baseball books a good fan will possess.
Condition: Very Good in all aspects.
Author: Bowie Kuhn
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1997
ISBN: 0-8032-7784-9
Page Count: 449
Bowie Kuhn was the Commissioner of Baseball for 15 years, starting in 1969. Formerly a labor lawyer, he helped modernize the game in many ways, including dragging troglodyte team owners into the modern era of player free agency rather than indentured servitude. He deserves fair credit, even if he was eaten alive by the Players Association leader Marvin Miller. But he was also a stiff man who did not convey a love for the game, which made his successor Peter Ueberroth’s job a lot easier. Kuhn’s narrative is fair and comprehensive if not poetic, with a deserved place on the shelf of baseball books a good fan will possess.
Condition: Very Good in all aspects.