Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball coaches, MLB, Minorities, Employment, Race discrimination, Al Campanis, Los Angeles Dodgers
Subjects
Major League Baseball (Organization); Baseball coaches; Race discrimination; Campanis, Al; Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
Introduction
Over the past few weeks I have noticed a familiar phenomenon in baseball which is reflective of sport generally. The annual purge of the managerial ranks in baseball has begun after a relatively quiet regular season. The most spectacular of the regular season firings was that of Tommy LaSorda in Los Angeles although it was thinly disguised as a resignation for health reasons. Bill Russell was named interim manager and after some doubts were raised the former shortstop had the interim removed yesterday.
Publication Date
10-11-1996
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Baseball's Musical Managerial Chairs: Minority Hiring Weak" (1996). On Sport and Society. 452.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/452
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