Hello folks! No, you didn't miss a day, it's actually Thursday. Art-ah-zen is on the road and having some connection problems so she asked me to cover for her this morning. Since everyone has been all baseball involved right now, I thought I'd do a little research on the subject, and discovered that an important baseball anniversary occurred yesterday. Find out what over the orange Itzl.
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On October 22 1885 - John Ward & several teammates secretly formed the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, which was the 1st baseball union.
John Ward was a lawyer as well as a baseball player, who wanted to raise players' salaries and combat the reserve clause which restricted player movement at the time as well as kept salaries low. The organization achieved national recognition when it met with owners in November of 1887. The owners however wasn't willing to make concessions and communication soon broke down.
All was not lost however, because this lead to the Players' League in 1890. And while they didn't have much more luck then the Brotherhood did, they lead, in baby steps, to the formation of the successful baseball unions in the 20th century that we still see today.
Sources:
Historyorb.com
baseball-reference.com