{"product_id":"baseball-on-trial-the-origin-of-baseballs-antitrust-exemption-hardback-9780252038198","title":"Baseball on Trial; The Origin of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption (Hardback) 9780252038198","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBaseball on Trial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Origin of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathaniel Grow (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252038198\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 26 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLarry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. Finalist, Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. David J. Langum Sr. Prize for American Legal History\/Biography, Langum Charitable Trust, 2014.\u003c\/div\u003e— Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLarry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. Finalist, Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. David J. Langum Sr. Prize for American Legal History\/Biography, Langum Charitable Trust, 2014.\u003c\/div\u003e— Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLarry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. Finalist, Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015. David J. Langum Sr. Prize for American Legal History\/Biography, Langum Charitable Trust, 2014.\u003c\/div\u003e— Langum Charitable Trust\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe controversial 1922 \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e Supreme Court ruling held that the \"business of base ball\" was not subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act because it did not constitute interstate commerce. In \u003ci\u003eBaseball on Trial,\u003c\/i\u003e legal scholar Nathaniel Grow defies conventional wisdom to explain why the unanimous Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, which gave rise to Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust law, was correct given the circumstances of the time.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  Currently a billion dollar enterprise, professional baseball teams crisscross the country while the games are broadcast via radio, television, and internet coast to coast. The sheer scope of this activity would seem to embody the phrase \"interstate commerce.\" Yet baseball is the only professional sport--indeed the sole industry--in the United States that currently benefits from a judicially constructed antitrust immunity. How could this be?\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  Drawing upon recently released documents from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Grow analyzes how the Supreme Court reached this seemingly peculiar result by tracing the \u003ci\u003eFederal Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e litigation from its roots in 1914 to its resolution in 1922, in the process uncovering significant new details about the proceedings. Grow observes that while interstate commerce was measured at the time by the exchange of tangible goods, baseball teams in the 1910s merely provided live entertainment to their fans, while radio was a fledgling technology that had little impact on the sport. The book ultimately concludes that, despite the frequent criticism of the opinion, the Supreme Court's decision was consistent with the conditions and legal climate of the early twentieth century.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. The Rivalry Begins\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. The Opening Salvos\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. The Federal League Strikes Back\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. The Landis Case\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. The Long Wait\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. An Aborted Trial\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e7. Baltimore Goes to Trial, Again\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e8. The Defense and Verdict\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e9. The Appeal and Final Decision\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520662073624,"sku":"9780252038198","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/baseball-on-trial-the-origin-of-baseballs-antitrust-exemption-hardback-9780252038198","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}