dc.contributor.advisor	Bland, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Siqueira Paranhos Velloso, Carolina
dc.contributor.department	Department of History	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-15T16:54:38Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-15T16:54:38Z
dc.date.issued	2016-02-15
dc.description.abstract	This research paper examines the way in which the broader labor movement of 1970s America affected the game of baseball. In particular, I look at the impact that certain player gains - particularly free agency, implemented in 1976 - had on both the makeup of the game and on the baseball fans who were accustomed to the baseball status quo. Although it is widely assumed that fans profoundly altered their relationship with baseball when its players began making inconceivably high salaries with the advent of free agency, I argue that it was, in fact, a work stoppage five years later truly caused a long-lasting resentment of fans towards the players and team owners, because a strike of that magnitude directly affected the fans' ability to enjoy the national pastime.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/M29J0Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17424
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subject	Baseball	en_US
dc.subject	fans
dc.subject	free agency
dc.subject	strike
dc.subject	MLBPA
dc.title	Game Changers: Baseball Fans, Strikes, and Free Agency, 1966-1981	en_US
dc.type	Research Paper	en_US

Game Changers: Baseball Fans, Strikes, and Free Agency, 1966-1981

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