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Posted By: T206Collector

I don't have my copy in front of me at the moment, but the author gives a pretty good summary of the history of baseball as a business leading up to that time period, including salaries, attitudes towards ballplayers, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/Touching-McFarland-Historical-Baseball-Mcfarland/dp/0786418699/sr=8-2/qid=1166639578/ref=sr_1_2/104-3467459-6117550?ie=UTF8&s=books