Player contract question

[71buc]

I am attaching of pictures correspondence between the SF Giants and a player they were negotiating with in 1966. The contract, which I also have, is only signed by Chub Feeney. The correspondence provides insight into such contracts being signed only by the club. It is also entertaining to read when considering today's salaries and the attitudes of front office staff and players back in the days before the players union gained it's strength.

[thecatspajamas]

I laughed out loud reading that second letter from Feeney! Holbert's note sounded much like a curt response from a modern-day player, but to read Feeney taking him to task for his lack of thought and politeness in his reply: PRICELESS! Can you imagine how a modern-day ball player (or their agent) would receive such a dressing-down?

[drc]

All I know on the subject is I won a collection of stuff that belonged to the President or General Manager of the NY Jets and it contained a few contracts only signed by him.

[pclpads]

The Chubster's second letter to the Giants' player is an example of his earlier and milder, in-your-face tactic. Years later, working in a similar position for the SD Padres, Chubbo had mastered the middle-finger response, which he flagrantly used once on booing Pad fans at the Q. He was promptly relieved of his affiliation with the Padres.