Douglas M. Branson

Major League Turbulence

Baseball in the Era of Drug Use, Labor Strife and Black Power, 1968-1988

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Produktbeschreibung

The decades between the late 1960s counterculture and the advent of steroid use in the late 1980s bought tumult to Major League Baseball. Dock Ellis (Pirates, Yankees) and Dick Allen (Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers, White Sox) epitomized the era with recreational drug use (Ellis), labor strife (Allen), and the questioning of authority. Both men were Black Power advocates at a time when the movement was growing in baseball. In the 1970s and 1980s, Marvin Miller and the Major League Baseball Players Association fought numerous, mostly victorious battles with MLB and team owners. This book chronicles a turbulent period in baseball, and in American life, that led directly to the performance-enhancing drug era and the dramatically changed nature of the game.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781476680583
• ISBN-10: 1476680582
• Artikelnr.: 63356108

Autorenporträt

Douglas M. Branson is the Sell Chair in Law (emeritus) at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of more than 20 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1.
Tabula Rasa: Baseball's Golden Age
2.
The Age of Innocence's Final Years
3.
Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
4.
In the Steel City: Dock Ellis, 1968-1975
5.
Standard Bearer as Black Power Surfaces?
6.
In the City of Brotherly Love: Dick Allen, 1963-1970
7.
Baseball's Biggest Outlaw
8.
Pride of Wampum, Pennsylvania
9.
Similarities and Differences: Ellis Versus Allen 10.
Effects on the Game 11.
Recreational Drugs Creep into Baseball 12.
White Powder's Allure 13.
Drugs Come of Age 14.
The Pittsburgh Drug Trials 15.
Marvin Miller, the MLBPA, and Labor Strife 16.
Twists and Turns in the Demise of the Reserve System 17.
Major League Baseball's Non-Answer 18.
MLB's Drug Abuse Target: Steve Howe 19.
Users Left by the Wayside 20.
Turbulence as the Bridge to PEDs 21.
MLB Finally Regulates Drug Use Postscript Chapter Notes Bibliography Index