The Money Pitch: Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration - Hardcover

Roger I. Abrams

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156639774X ISBN 13: 9781566397742

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Why are baseball players paid so much money? Written by a legal scholar and salary arbitrator, this book explains how a few thousand young men obtain their extraordinary riches. It juggles personal experience with business economics, game theory and baseball history.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An insider's guide to the economics of Baseball

From the Inside Flap:

"Game Theory and Strategic Negotiation are hot topics among some academic, but a bit much for normal people. Roger Abrams' latest book is a great way for any red-blooded American (i.e., a baseball fan) to understand the basics of these theories, and to gain a more sophisticated insight into the business of baseball. It is a masterful combination of theory, data, and war stories." —Stephen F. Ross, Professor of law, University of Illinois

"The Money Pitch tells [its] audience a host of enjoyable as well as insightful stories about the history of baseball's Ty Cobb and others...[Its] primary focus is the current law and economics of this game, and the impact that the free agency and salary arbitration secured by the players union has had on player salaries, team payrolls, and competitive balance in baseball. Fascinating, insightful, impressive, and informative." —Paul Weiler, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

"This is a clear-headed, forthright, learned book—an insider's study of the business of baseball, from a revealing angle. His range, roughly is from The Natural to Getting to Yes to Barbarians at the Gate. To his own knowledge, gained from years as a salary arbitrator, Mr. Abrams adds insights form antitrust analysis, game theory, and the history of professional sport (from A. G. Spalding and Honus Wagner to Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez and recent Yankee rosters). Seldom are statistics used this well." —Allen Boyer, lawyer and writer, New York City

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 156639774X
• ISBN 13: 9781566397742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240