Baseball in the 1970s
Baseball stars could expect receptions at the White House
by the 1970s as seen here by the visits of Pete Rose and Hank
Aaron to President Carter. Both Photos National Archives
(Rose: NLC-WHSP-C-07602-20, ) Aaron (NLC-WHSP-C-07030-09)
Larger versions and more information be obtained via searching
the NAIL database/
The
cover page of Curt Flood's legal complaint against the reserve
clause,
US National Archives, NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-70CIV202-1.
You can examine twenty documents in this case by accessing the Recently
Added Data National Archives
for September 8, 1998 and searching NAIL for "Curtis
Flood." Flood's case is also mentioned in the all too brief
history of the Major League Baseball Players Association at at their site.
Bernice Guera's effort to become a major league umpire during the 1970s is discussed in Bob Fulton's, "The Bernice Guera Story," part of the SABR Archives Treasures.
This page was last updated
August 21, 2002
Background image, an old-timer (George
Herman Ruth) takes his cuts,
during the 1940s. Photo provided by William R. Conroy.