The Legacy Baseball League Player’s Union is unsurprised by the audacious and avaricious assault on the basic professional rights of ballplayers in this great nation. The short-sighted and reckless determinations to limit the free market of player value, aligned with the odorous and draconian measure to punish players simply for organizing, will surely spell disaster…
Month: August 2021
1899 Winter Meetings: Labor Trounced, Caps Imposed
December 20th, 1899 Madigan Hall, Manhattan, New York In a raucous and vivacious 1899 Winter Meetings Session, a sweeping stand against organized labor saw multiple gains for the owners in the Legacy Baseball League, with General Managers exercising their constitutional voting rights on four proposals. This year’s Winter Meetings included the first-ever tie-breaking vote from…
Recruiting the Bakers
Written by Steve M. “The bakery has seen an increase in sales for this past quarter. It’s a testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone in this room. And, of course, the women who are not present with us this afternoon. They will be vital to the success of the bakery while the…
Libby Hill
The Richmond Saga, 1.1 Written by Andrew V. Richmond, Virginia August 20th, 1899 The trolley slid along East Main Street, dust heavy in the August heat, with the bustle of downtown Richmond alive and thrumming into the late morning. Carriages lined the wide lane—still yet to be properly paved—and in the elegant light on Richmond’s…
Breaking: Rumors of Unions in Manhattan
Last Saturday afternoon, several witnesses reported a meeting near Madigan House, Manhattan, where several distinguished legacy league ballplayers held conference in the basement of The Headwaters Hotel. Rumors report household names like Danny Edgerton (Philadelphia) and Ricky McCoy (Detroit) in attendance. The rumor of the player gathering drew a small crowd to the event, where…