G. Richard McKelvey

Author: G. Richard McKelvey
	Baseball - All Bat, No Glove: A History of the Designated Hitter By G. Richard McKelvey Sport / Sport Memorabilia Book - Released October 14, 2005 Your Price: $24.95 Retail Price: $29.95 You Save: $5.00 (17%) Item Number: BK 9685
Description by OLDIES.com: The basic elements of baseball remain essentially the same as they were when the first professional game was played in the 1870s. Changes in this sport - when they come - come slowly. In 1973, one of baseball's most drastic changes was legislated: American League owners voted to add one player to the traditional nine-man line-up, creating a "10-man game" in which a designated hitter (or DH) had a... Continue »
Author: G. Richard McKelvey
	Baseball - For It's One, Two, Three, Four Strikes You're Out At The Owners' Ball Game: Players Versus Management in Baseball By G. Richard McKelvey Sport / Sport Memorabilia Book - Released October 14, 2005 Your Price: $24.95 Retail Price: $29.95 You Save: $5.00 (17%) Item Number: BK 9633
Description by OLDIES.com: Many assume incorrectly that confrontations between baseball's players and management began in the 1960s when the Major League Baseball Players Association started showing signs of becoming a union to be reckoned with. (The tensions of the 1960s prompted the owners to form the Player Relations Committee to deal with them and in February 1968, the two groups negotiated the game's first Basic... Continue »
Author: G. Richard McKelvey
	Baseball - The Macphails: Baseball's First Family of the Front Office By G. Richard McKelvey Sport / Sport Memorabilia Book - Released January 1, 2000 Your Price: $30.95 Retail Price: $35.00 You Save: $4.05 (12%) Item Number: BK 9591
Description by OLDIES.com: Since the early 1930s "MacPhail" has been a big name in baseball. Three generations of this one family have provided leadership, innovation and vision for the sport. Larry, Lee and Andy MacPhail, representing very different eras of American life, have each addressed baseball's needs and opportunities in his own way.During the 1930s and 1940s Larry MacPhail served as general manager and vice... Continue »

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