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...player becomes what none of the former greats of the game could ever hope to be-a talent who can sell himself to any owner willing to meet his price. (The celebrated Catfish Hunter case of 1974 was different. Hunter was declared a free agent by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn because Oakland, in declining to pay part of Hunter's salary to a company he had designated, failed to live up to its contract with him. He signed a $3.5 million contract with the Yankees...
...Players' Association, baseball's equivalent of a trade union, is willing to accept a modified reserve clause in the future. Spring training, however, began 18 days late this year essentially because the association and the owners could not agree on what form the new clause would take. Kuhn eventually ordered the owners to open up their camps, but there is still no agreement. Whatever new contract is worked out, players hereafter will be able to attain independence after a given number of years in the game. In a rare burst of candor, Kuhn says of the old reserve...
Finally last week the padlocks came off the ballparks and spring training began. Even though the labor dispute was not resolved, Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered the camps opened because, he said, "the fans are the most important people around, and starting the season on time is what they want." What he did not say was that most of the owners and players want exactly the same thing, since the financial health of all depends on playing ball. The camps will not get into the full swing of exhibition games until this week, and with at least the pitchers needing...
...reportedly voted 17 to 6 not to reject outright the "take it or leave it" offer. They pointed out that parts of the fine print had not even been filled in yet, but indicated that some compromise might be acceptable. Fifteen minutes after the player representatives adjourned in Tampa, Kuhn issued his order to open the camps...
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn yesterday ordered major league training camps to "get under way without further delay...