Mar 31, 2022
The conclusion of our series on MLB labor history brings us to the infamous 1994 strike, which cancelled the World Series, and was only brought to its resolution by court order of a future Supreme Court Justice. Josh also tells Tom about developments in labor relations up to just before the 2021-22 lockout,...
Mar 25, 2022
We talk St. Patrick's Day before launching into part three of our series on the MLBPA and baseball labor relations. This week Josh covers the first strike that cancelled a significant amount of games in 1981, the collusion scandal and the build up to the infamous 1994 strike. Tom makes wise@$$...
Mar 18, 2022
This week we continue our series on the MLBPA, which takes us through the first CBA in MLB history, the tragic story of Curt Flood, the first work stoppages in MLB history, and the advent of free agency. Along the way we talk about Ben Verlander, Gussy Busch, the owner's undying love of Marvin Miller (the term...
Mar 7, 2022
A timely episode of a baseball history podcast? That's right, we're hitting hard here at Cheapseat Baseball. We call Rob Manfred Doug for some reason. The Josh tells Tom about the early history of the MLB Players' Association. At first there was no players' union, then failed efforts to unionize, failed efforts to...
Mar 7, 2022
So, we started recording a series of episodes on the history of MLB labor relations recently, and with the lockout actually coming to a head and cancelling games... we're airing episodes in a different order than we recorded them. So this is a way of saying sorry that there won't be a Yankees / Red Sox episode...