{"product_id":"baseball-on-trial-9780252038198","title":"Baseball on Trial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefies conventional wisdom to explain why the unanimous Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, which gave rise to Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust law, was correct given the circumstances of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. Finalist, Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. David J. Langum Sr. Prize for American Legal History\/Biography, Langum Charitable Trust, 2014. \"Grow explains that the afterlife of \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e is more remarkable than the conclusions in the case itself.  With careful and measured scholarship, Grow urges later reader of \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e to recognize that the case was heard before widespread interstate radio coverage, and before the broad interpretation of 'commerce' in the New Deal decisions.\"--\u003ci\u003eWestern Legal History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Using newly released attorney correspondence, court records, and newspaper accounts of the time, Grow presents in stunning detail the background, characters, arguments, events, tactics, (and mistakes) leading to the \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e decision. showing that 'many of the common criticisms. . . are unjust, as the decision was consistent with the prevailing judicial precedents of the day'. . . . Recommended.'\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, the shorthand name of the case, is still the law of land. Here is a baseball book in which the major on-field action is the serving of various contract-jumping players with court orders. But if a reader is interested in how the business of baseball developed, the case is crucial; and \u003ci\u003eBaseball on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e can explain how and why.\"--\u003ci\u003eNine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Grow's book is impressively comprehensive and exhaustive. . . . for the reader interested in a comprehensive account of a seminal moment in baseball's legal history, Grow's \u003ci\u003eBaseball on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent choice.\"--\u003ci\u003eLaw and History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Grow undoubtedly succeeds in shining a light on the buildup to and background of the \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e decision.\"--\u003ci\u003eSport in American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] thoughtful and provocative analysis of one of the most controversial topics in sports law: Baseball's antitrust exemption. Grow adroitly connects recent disclosures from the Baseball Hall of Fame to advance his argument that the \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e holding made much more sense ninety years ago than contemporary commentators tend to regard it. As baseball's antitrust exemption continues to face legal challenges--including whether the Oakland A's can move to San Jose--Grow's book will undoubtedly play an influential role.\"--Michael McCann, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e legal analyst\u003cbr\u003e\"The lawsuits arising from the Federal League's challenge to Major League Baseball and their aftermath defined much of the way baseball has evolved over the past century. Bolstered by original research, Grow explains both the broader picture and the intriguing behind-the-scenes machinations, and he does so in a clear and entertaining fashion.\"-- Daniel R. Levitt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Battle that Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding book based on previously unused materials, \u003ci\u003eBaseball on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e makes a truly significant contribution to the fields of baseball and the law, sports law, antitrust law, and legal history. Anyone discussing the trilogy of Supreme Court cases that created baseball's antitrust exemption needs to read this book.\"--Edmund P. Edmonds, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBaseball and Antitrust: The Legislative History\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742208950615,"sku":"9780252038198","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252038198.jpg?v=1758383618","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/baseball-on-trial-9780252038198","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}