The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938: Baseball Outlaws - Hardcover

Utley, R. G.; Verner, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078640535X ISBN 13: 9780786405350

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues began a campaign to destroy it. The NAPBL declared the League "outlaw" and blacklisted its players because their teams were pirating professionally-contracted ballplayers with the lure of higher wages, small-town hero worship and a career off-season. Backed into a corner, the Carolina League wore its "outlaw" label with a defiant swagger. This complete history of the league reveals how it persevered through three tumultuous seasons, attracting ballplayers from all over the country and giving them control over their careers, setting a standard that was resisted until free agency was adopted in 1973.

About this title

About the Author:

R.G. (Hank) Utley is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and Scott Verner is a news editor at The Charlotte Observer. Both live in Concord, North Carolina.

Review:

"captivating...a rich collection of photographs" -- Sports Collectors Digest

"how this small bastion of textile towns fought organized baseball to keep their outlaw league together is a fascinating slice of lost history" -- USA Today Baseball Weekly

"painstaking research...great stories of the shenanigans that went on...Utley and Verner have done a service to our baseball history with this book" -- Winston-Salem Journal

"sets the league's story in the context of the times...this book is even for newcomers and nonfans, because of its variety, humor and anecdotal quality" -- The Charlotte Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 078640535X
• ISBN 13: 9780786405350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292