Major League Turbulence
- Author : Douglas M. Branson
- Publisher : McFarland
- File Size : 43,9 Mb
- Release : 27 September 2021
- ISBN : 9781476680583
- Page : 258 pages
- Rating : 4/5 (21 users)
Summary: Major League Turbulence PDF is a Fantastic Sports & Recreation book by Douglas M. Branson. It was published by McFarland on 27 September 2021. This Book has 258 pages and Available to download in PDF, EPUB and Kindle Format. Read detail book and summary below and click download button to get book file and read directly from your devices.
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.